Quotes on Life

Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.

My thesis topic was 'The value of a human life.' I asked people a question: 'Suppose you had some risk, a one in a thousand risk of dying - how much would you pay to eliminate it?'

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.

Longing is a compass that guides us through life. We may never get what we really want, that's true, but every step along the way will be determined by it.

There is just one life for each of us: our own.

Keep only those things that speak to your heart. Then take the plunge and discard all the rest. By doing this, you can reset your life and embark on a new lifestyle.

In the year of 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening, which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive life.

If you give up your quiet life, the bow of Cupid will lose its power.

Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter.

How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.

In the belly of the furnace of creativity is a sexual fire; the flames twine about each other in fear and delight. The same sort of coiling, at a cooler, slower pace, is what the life of this planet looks like. The enormous spirals of typhoons, the twists and turns of mountain ranges and gorges, the waves and the deep ocean currents - a dragonlike writhing.

Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination.

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped, for everything cannot be equally considered; in a word, he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

I wanted pure love: foolishness; to love one another is to hate a common enemy: I will thus espouse your hatred. I wanted Good: nonsense; on this earth and in these times, Good and Bad are inseparable: I accept to be evil in order to become good.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

Practice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all, your presence. Share it with yourself, with your family, with the world.