There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
-Oscar Wilde
Quotations
Life
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
-Charles Buxton
What most counts is not to live, but to live right.
-Socrates
The evil ruler spoils the word, the plan of life, by his teachings. He, indeed, deprives me of the exalted goal of good thought. With the word of my spirit, I pray to You, O Wise One, and to truth!
-Scriptures "Avesta, Yasna 32.9"
Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.
-John Wayne
Those who see all creatures within themselves, and themselves in all creatures know no fear. Those who see all creatures in themselves, and themselves in all creatures know no grief. How can the multiplicity of life, delude the one who sees its unity?
-Isha Upanishad "Isha Upanishad 6-7"
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"
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.
-Arthur Rubinstein
We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Life is life – Whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man’s own advantage.
-Sri Aurobindo
