Quotes on Life

To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live.

Because of the routines we follow, we often forget that life is an ongoing adventure. . . Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art: to bring all our energies to each encounter, to remain flexible enough to notice and admit when what we expected to happen did not happen. We need to remember that we are created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.

The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better." -- The Alchemist

We get out of life what we put into it. The way we treat others is the way we ourselves get treated.

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.

It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.

Experience is the teacher of all things.

Sometimes I remind myself that I almost skipped the party, that I almost went to a different college, that the whim of a minute could have changed everything and everyone. Our lives, so settled, so specific, are built on happenstance.

It's quite an undertaking to start loving somebody. You have to have energy, generosity, blindness. There is even a moment right at the start where you have to jump across an abyss: if you think about it you don't do it.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.

The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.

Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.

Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now.

Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

And life 's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.

Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge.

The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.

Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.