Quotes on Beautiful Life

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

Decoration is really about creating a quality of life, and a beauty in that life that nourishes the soul, that makes life beautiful.

It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled.

I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent, and this is what I have devoted my life to.

I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle.

Things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right.

Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.

The atoms that make up your body were once forged inside stars, and the causes of even the smallest event are virtually infinite and connected with the whole in incomprehensible ways.

Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.

There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.

The power is in you. The answer is in you. And you are the answer to all your searches: you are the goal. You are the answer. It's never outside.

I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful.

And, drunk with my own madness, I shouted at him furiously, "Make life beautiful! Make life beautiful!

I began to draw an invisible boundary between myself and other people. No matter who I was dealing with. I maintained a set distance, carefully monitoring the person’s attitude so that they wouldn’t get any closer. I didn’t easily swallow what other people told me. My only passions were books and music

Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us, and that our connection to that power and to one another is grounded in love and compassion. Practicing spirituality brings a sense of perspective, meaning and purpose to our lives.

As time goes on, you'll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn't, doesn't. Time solves most things. And what time can't solve, you have to solve yourself.

Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art. ~Waddington