Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
-Edgar Allan Poe
Quotations
Life
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-Vivian Greene
There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.
-Fernando Pessoa
"The Book of Disquiet"
Every chapter in the Book of Life defines our character and tells us who we are
-Anonymous "Anonymous"
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
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
-Plato "Plato"
Of winter’s lifeless world each tree now seems a perfect part; Yet each one holds summer’s secret deep down within its heart.
-Charles G. Stater "Charles. G. Stater"
The secret of life is not enjoyment, but education through experience.
-Swami Vivekananda "Swami Vivekananda"
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"
Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may… meet with great misfortunes.
-Aristotle
