The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
-Carl Gustav Jung
Quotations
Life
Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.
-Cormac McCarthy
"The Road"
The combat of life is greater than every other earthly combat.
-Plato
The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
-Ambrose Bierce
There are mental demons we fight and mental angels that we all carry around; it’s how we deal with them that will determine if we can deal with this thing called life.
-Mitch Thrower "Mitch Thrower"
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
-Plato
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"
When the sustenance of our life is so dependent on the thousands of inventions
of the scientists and the peace, bliss and happiness is bestowed by the great
artists, then how can we revere them any less than Krishna, Buddha or Christ?
-Deep Trivedi
There is no cure for birth and death, save to enjoy the interval.
-George Santayana
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"
