Quotes on “living”

When you are measuring life, you are not living it.

My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.

The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world.

It`s not how old you are, it`s how you are old.

How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.

I liked being a person. I wanted to keep at it.

Be in love with your life, every detail of it.

You've never lived what you are thinking, and that isn't good. Only the ideas we actually live are of any value.

Feel your emotions,Live true your passions,Keep still your mind.

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

One of the tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.

People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.