Quotes on “life”

Once you leave out all the bullshit they teach you in school, life gets really simple.

In heaven an angel is no one in particular.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

How does fear become so powerful? We can’t see it. We can’t touch it, yet it gets its claws in us and begins to control us. Sigh. I hate feeling afraid, and I hate, hate, HATE feeling out of control.

There’s a really stupid saying: When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade. Well, I have a better saying: When life hands you a lemon, shove that lemon up its stupid butt.

I’m not a bad person. I haven’t killed anyone. I (rarely) lie. I don’t kick little puppies. So why do people look at me as if the world would be a better place without me?

People are the most difficult thing in the world to change

There are times I wish I were invisible. Which is silly, since I do everything I can to stand out.

He said that we belonged together because he was born with a flower and I was born with a butterfly and that flowers and butterflies need each other for survival.

Whoever said that the past isn't dead had it backward. It's the future that's already dead, already played out.

I just wanted to tell you that I understand if you go. It’s okay if you have to leave us. It’s okay if you want to stop fighting.

And now I am here, as alone as I've ever been. I am seventeen years old. This is not how it's suppose to be. This is not how my life is suppose to turn out.

To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana.

The Way is not in the sky; the Way is in the heart.

Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.

I tried to contain myself... but I escaped!