Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures.
-Dalai Lama Xiv
Quotations
Life
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"
Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life, and that to destroy, to harm, or to hinder life is evil.
-Albert Schweitzer "Albert Schweitzer"
Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
-Henry Miller
Life is like a 1,000 page book. You want to quit halfway through, but then you realise you have a lot left to look forward to.
-Anonymous "Anonymous"
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction is to live twice.
-Khalil Gibran
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"
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 secret of life is not enjoyment, but education through experience.
-Swami Vivekananda "Swami Vivekananda"
In life, if anything "unexpected or unforeseen" happens with you or around you,
then it is nothing but the manifestation of your foolishness.
-Deep Trivedi
