There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
-George Bernard Shaw
Quotations
Life
You can get all A's and still flunk life.
-Walker Percy
"The Second Coming"
Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
-Jean Paul Sartre
There's no need to wait for the bad things and bullshit to be over. Change now. Love now. Live now. Don't wait for people to give you permission to live, because they won't.
-Kris Carr
"Crazy Sexy Diet: Eat Your Veggies, Ignite Your Spark, and Live Like You Mean It!"
The light teaches you to convert life into a festive promenade.
-Dejan Stojanović
"The Sun Watches the Sun"
The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.
-Henry David Thoreau
Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.
-Paulo Coelho
"Brida"
Do not race after riches, do not risk your life for success, or you will let slip the heaven within you.
-Scriptures "Chuang Tzu 29"
You cannot find peace by avoiding life.
-Virginia Woolf
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
-Charlie Chaplin
