Quotes on “life”

Everyone has his own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is.

Live all you can: it's a mistake not to. It doesn't matter what you do in particular, so long as you have had your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had?

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours..

It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.

The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content

Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled ‘This could change your life’.

We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged

Often, it’s not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don’t know how to be.

Life consists of two days, one for you one against you. So when it's for you don't be proud or reckless, and when it's against you be patient, for both days are test for you.

Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.

Now I've gone for too longLiving like I'm not aliveSo I'm going to start over tonightBeginning with you and I