To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction is to live twice.
-Khalil Gibran
Quotations
Life
They say the seeds of what we will do are in all of us, but it always seemed to me that in those who make jokes in life the seeds are covered with better soil and with a higher grade of manure.
-Ernest Hemingway
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
-E. M. Forster
Life doesn't make any sense, and we all pretend it does. Comedy's job is to point out that it doesn't make sense, and that it doesn't make much difference anyway.
-Eric Idle
Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.
-Eddie Cantor
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
-Henry David Thoreau
You have crossed the great ocean; why do you halt so near the shore? Make haste to get on the other side, Gautama; be careful all the while!
-Scriptures "Uttaradhyayana Sutra 10.34"
You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
-Paulo Coelho
Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
-Katharine Hepburn
"Me: Stories of My Life"
One doesn’t recognize the really important moments in one’s life until it’s too late.
-Agatha Christie
