It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
Quotations
Life
All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.
-Martha Graham
A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
-Kurt Vonnegut
"The Sirens of Titan"
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
-Abraham Lincoln
Every chapter in the Book of Life defines our character and tells us who we are
-Anonymous "Anonymous"
You can get all A's and still flunk life.
-Walker Percy
"The Second Coming"
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.
-Epicurus
What a unique treasure are the things we have learned to live without, for no thief can take them from us.
-Robert Brault
Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.
-Paulo Coelho
He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.
-Garth Stein
"The Art of Racing in the Rain"
