In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
-Charles Buxton
Quotations
Life
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"
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
-Charlie Chaplin
There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Life is as dear to the mute creature as it is to a man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not to die, so do other creatures.
-Dalai Lama Xiv "The XIV Dalai Lama"
To be absolutely independent in each and every field of life, is your first and
foremost duty. If you are burdensome to anyone, for anything...then your life is
a complete waste.
-Deep Trivedi
Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.
-Paulo Coelho
You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.
-Elizabeth Gilbert
What a unique treasure are the things we have learned to live without, for no thief can take them from us.
-Robert Brault
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
-Dalai Lama
