I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.
-Paulo Coelho
"Eleven Minutes"
Quotations
Life
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
-Plato "Plato"
The whole life of man is self-expression… We suffer if we do not express ourselves.
-Anonymous "Perfect Liberty Kyodan"
Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.
-John Wayne
There is no cure for birth and death, save to enjoy the interval.
-George Santayana
It is a good practice to set apart at least one day in a year for the remembrance of one’s near and dear relatives, friends and learned people that are no more in keeping with our traditions; giving a new orientation to and infusing new life into practices that have become lifeless and meaningless to many.
-Scriptures "The Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism"
It's not that I believe everything happens for a reason. It's just that . . . I just think that some things are meant to be broken, imperfect and chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.
-Sarah Dessen
"The Truth About Forever"
Will science ever be able to create life? No way! The question simply does not
arise because here, no one has the power to create or destroy.
-Deep Trivedi
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.
-Tennessee Williams
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
-Charles Buxton
