There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
-George Bernard Shaw
Quotations
Life
Life itself is simple...it's just not easy.
-Steve Maraboli
Don’t hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you’ll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you’ll experience the assurance of no rebirth.
-Bodhidharma "Bodhidharma"
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, Wow! What a Ride!
-Hunter S. Thompson
Life is like a 1,000 page book. You want to quit halfway through, but then you realise you have a lot left to look forward to.
-Anonymous "Anonymous"
The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people will spend it for you.
-Peter Shaffer
"Five Finger Exercise: A Play"
The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.
-Henry David Thoreau
Life is a festival only to the wise.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
The life we’re given is on a thread, so wear it well.
-Benny Bellamacina
"The king of Rhyme"
When life is viewed as good, a bad day is easily absorbed.
-Neil Maxwell
