Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
-Confucius
Quotations
Life
There are two ways of passing from this world – one in light, and one in darkness. When one passes in light he does not come back but when one passes in darkness he returns.
-Srimad Bhagavad Gita "Bhagwad Gita 8.26"
I created you human beings because I desired to see you lead a joyous life.
-Scriptures "Ofudesaki 14.25"
Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.
-William Goldman
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.
-Jean Cocteau
There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement; this is the final truth.
-Ramana Maharshi
The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
-Ambrose Bierce
If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.
-John Irving
"A Prayer for Owen Meany"
It's not that I believe everything happens for a reason. It's just that . . . I just think that some things are meant to be broken, imperfect and chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.
-Sarah Dessen
"The Truth About Forever"
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
-Robert Louis Stevenson "R. L. Stevenson"
