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"
You can get all A's and still flunk life.
-Walker Percy
"The Second Coming"
Life is given to us; we earn it by giving it.
-Rabindranath Tagore
Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky.
-Alan Moore
What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
-Nelson Mandela "Nelson Mandela"
Life is only the present. And in the present, neither there is room for memories of
the past nor worries of the future. The root cause of all the miseries of life is the
effort to accommodate the past or future in the present.
-Deep Trivedi
Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may… meet with great misfortunes.
-Aristotle
A successful life is the one which has no desires left in the mind at the time of
death.
-Deep Trivedi
Your daily life is your temple and your religion.
-Khalil Gibran
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
-George Bernard Shaw
