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There would be no chance at all of getting to know death if it happened only once. But fortunately, life is nothing but a continuing dance of birth and death, a dance of change. Every time I hear the rush of a mountain stream, or the waves crashing on the shore, or my own heartbeat, I hear the sound of impermanence. These changes, these small deaths, are our living links with death. They are death's pulses, death's heartbeat, prompting us to let go of all the things we cling to.
Sogyal RinpocheRead
Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some.
Jean AnouilhRead
We are the dead. Our only true life is in the future.
George OrwellRead
Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.
George SantayanaRead
So even as we see the horror of death, may we be reminded that in the end, love wins. Mercy triumphs. Life is more powerful than death. And even those who have committed great violence can have the image of God come to life again within them as they hear the whisper of love. May the whisper of love grow louder than the thunder of violence. May we love loudly.
Shane ClaiborneRead
Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap.
Hermann HesseRead
People who are not enjoying their lives in the present have lust for life in the future. Lust for life is always in the future. It is a postponement. They are saying, 'We cannot enjoy today so we will enjoy tomorrow.' They are saying, 'Right this moment we cannot celebrate, so let there be a tomorrow so that we can celebrate.'
RajneeshRead
There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
Robert Louis StevensonRead
Your life is much more important that you can imagine... it is your first treasure.
Maya AngelouRead
I've always wanted to get as far as possible from the place where I was born. Far both geographically and spiritually. To leave it behind ... I feel that life is very short and the world is there to see and one should know as much about it as possible. One belongs to the whole world, not just one part of it.
Paul BowlesRead
The whole purpose of life is to gain enlightenment. _x000D_ Nothing else is significant compared to that completely natural, exalted state of consciousness. _x000D_ So always strive for that. _x000D_ Set your life around that goal. _x000D_ Don't get caught up in small things, and then it will be yours.
Maharishi Mahesh YogiRead
The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.
Henry MooreRead
Motherhood isn't just a series of contractions; it's a state of mind. From the moment we know life is inside us, we feel a responsibility to protect and defend that human being.
Erma BombeckRead
The only constant in life is change
HeraclitusRead
Life is more important than art; that's what makes art important.
James A. BaldwinRead
I do not know if it has ever been noted before that one of the main characteristics of life is discreteness. Unless a film of flesh envelopes us, we die. Man exists only insofar as he is separated from his surroundings. The cranium is a space-traveler's helmet. Stay inside or you perish. Death is divestment, death is communion. It may be wonderful to mix with the landscape, but to do so is the end of the tender ego.
Vladimir NabokovRead
Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground will struggle for it.
Solomon NorthupRead
I see a world in the future in which we understand that all life is related to us and we treat that life with great humility and respect.
David SuzukiRead
Life is but a day; A fragile dewdrop on its perilous way From a tree's summit.
John KeatsRead
One can live at a low flame. Most people do. For some, life is an exercise in moderation (best china saved for special occasions), but given something like death, what does it matter if one looks foolish now and then, or tries too hard, or cares too _x000D_ deeply?
Diane AckermanRead
Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible sun within us.
Thomas BrowneRead

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