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
Life is a beach-I'm just playing in the sand.
-Lil Wayne
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
-Søren Kierkegaard
I'm not saying it's going to be easy. Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up. You'll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it. After all, you only have one life, so you should try to make the most of it.
-Louis Sachar
"Holes"
You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you.
-David Nicholas
Life is nothing to be very serious about. Life is a ball in your hands to play with. Don’t hold on to the ball.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The devotee engages to the best of his or her ability into the play of life, fulfilling his or her role on this earth as student, employee, husband, wife…But at the heart of the devotee is a burning desire for the Lord.
-Sant Rajinder Singh "Sant Rajinder Singh"
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 language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.
-Henry David Thoreau
The closer we come to death, the more important becomes this single indispensable thing called life.
-Leo Tolstoy
