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
Quotations
Life
Life without freedom is like a body without a soul, and freedom without thought is like a confused spirit.
-Khalil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.
-Henry David Thoreau
Live simply that others might simply live.
-Elizabeth Ann Seton
Life only begins to be an adventure when we cease living it for ourselves.
-Joel S. Goldsmith
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?
-Bob Marley
Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.
-Julian Barnes
"Flaubert's Parrot"
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
-Søren Kierkegaard
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
-Winston S. Churchill
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"
