Learning is retained through putting into practice; family prestige is maintained through good behavior; a respectable person is recognised by his excellent qualities; and anger is seen in the eyes.
-Chanakya "Chanakya"
Quotations
Life
-Chanakya "Chanakya"
What difference does it make, whether you live in a big city or in a community of homes? The real life is within.
-Khalil Gibran
There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
-Maya Angelou
You ask: What is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: Do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?
-Freeman Dyson
"The Meaning of Life"
I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.
-Paulo Coelho
"The Alchemist"
When life is viewed as good, a bad day is easily absorbed.
-Neil Maxwell
The devotee engages to the best of his or her ability into the play of life, fulfilling his or her role on this earth as student, employee, husband, wife…But at the heart of the devotee is a burning desire for the Lord.
-Sant Rajinder Singh "Sant Rajinder Singh"
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
-Charlie Chaplin
Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.
-Eddie Cantor
What most counts is not to live, but to live right.
-Socrates
