The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.
-Henry David Thoreau
Quotations
Life
It can only take a moment to waste the rest of your life.
-Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk
"Snuff"
He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.
-Garth Stein
"The Art of Racing in the Rain"
Of winter’s lifeless world each tree now seems a perfect part; Yet each one holds summer’s secret deep down within its heart.
-Charles G. Stater "Charles. G. Stater"
Death is extraordinarily like life when we know how to live.
-J. Krishnamurti
Some relationships are like Tom and Jerry. They tease each other, knock down each other, irritate each other, but can’t live without each other.
-Anonymous "Anonymous"
The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people will spend it for you.
-Peter Shaffer
"Five Finger Exercise: A Play"
Life is nothing to be very serious about. Life is a ball in your hands to play with. Don’t hold on to the ball.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.
-William Shakespeare
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.
-Arthur Rubinstein
