Life Quotes - Page 15

The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.

Life is all about moments. No one in history has ever been able to hold on to one.

And this is the simple truth - that to live is to feel oneself lost. He who accepts it has already begun to find himself, to be on firm ground. Instinctively, as do the shipwrecked, he will look around for something to which to cling, and that tragic, ruthless glance, absolutely sincere, because it is a question of his salvation, will cause him to bring order into the chaos of his life. These are the only genuine ideas; the ideas of the shipwrecked. All the rest is rhetoric, posturing, farce.

Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something- and it is only such love that can know freedom.

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.

Marketing takes a day to learn. Unfortunately, it takes a lifetime to master.

Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

There are two important things for full success in life: 1. Don´t tell everything you know.

Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.

Remember this practical piece of advice: Never come into the theatre with mud on your feet. Leave your dust and dirt outside. Check your little worries, squabbles, petty difficulties with your outside clothing - all the things that ruin your life and draw your attention away from your art - at the door.

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

Nay, do not grieve tho' life be full of sadness, Dawn will not veil her spleandor for your grief, Nor spring deny their bright, appointed beauty To lotus blossom and ashoka leaf. Nay, do not pine, tho' life be dark with trouble, Time will not pause or tarry on his way; To-day that seems so long, so strange, so bitter, Will soon be some forgotten yesterday. Nay, do not weep; new hopes, new dreams, new faces, The unspent joy of all the unborn years, Will prove your heart a traitor to its sorrow, And make your eyes unfaithful to their tears.