Quotations
Life
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
- Charles Buxton
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
- Oprah Winfrey
Learning is retained through putting into practice; family prestige is maintained through good behavior; a respectable person is recognised by his excellent qualities; and anger is seen in the eyes.
- Chanakya
The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.
- Henry David Thoreau
One doesn’t recognize the really important moments in one’s life until it’s too late.
- Agatha Christie
Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.
- Julian Barnes
Don’t hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you’ll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you’ll experience the assurance of no rebirth.
- Bodhidharma
I was wasting my life, always thinking about myself.
- Morrissey
You cannot find peace by avoiding life.
- Virginia Woolf
Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky.
- Alan Moore
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