Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.
-Ayn Rand
Quotations
Life
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
-Søren Kierkegaard
People no longer try to decipher the mystery of life but choose instead to be a part of it.
-Paulo Coelho
"The Witch Of Portobello"
Life is either a great adventure or nothing.
-Helen Keller
We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it.
-Lauryn Hill
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
-Epicurus
The whole life of man is self-expression… We suffer if we do not express ourselves.
-Anonymous "Perfect Liberty Kyodan"
The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.
-Tom Bodett
You have crossed the great ocean; why do you halt so near the shore? Make haste to get on the other side, Gautama; be careful all the while!
-Scriptures "Uttaradhyayana Sutra 10.34"
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"
