Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
-Henry David Thoreau "Henry David Thoreau"
Quotations
Life
-Henry David Thoreau "Henry David Thoreau"
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
Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.
-William Shakespeare
Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
-Edgar Allan Poe
Life itself is simple...it's just not easy.
-Steve Maraboli
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction is to live twice.
-Khalil Gibran
He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.
-Garth Stein
"The Art of Racing in the Rain"
The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
-Ambrose Bierce
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
Not being dead isn't being alive.
-E. E. Cummings
