Life is life – Whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man’s own advantage.
-Sri Aurobindo
Quotations
Life
Nature's creation is such that whatever is worth attaining or beneficial for us, we
can get it automatically. But in the race to grab the things which are futile and
painful, we miss attaining them only.
-Deep Trivedi
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
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
-Oscar Wilde
Without an ever-present sense of death, life is insipid. You might as well live on the whites of eggs.
-Muriel Spark "Muriel Spark"
The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people will spend it for you.
-Peter Shaffer
"Five Finger Exercise: A Play"
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
-Oprah Winfrey
You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.
-Rebecca West
"The Fountain Overflows"
The secret of life is not enjoyment, but education through experience.
-Swami Vivekananda "Swami Vivekananda"
The whole life of man is self-expression… We suffer if we do not express ourselves.
-Anonymous "Perfect Liberty Kyodan"
