Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
-Socrates
Quotations
Life
Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life.
-Natalie Babbitt
"Tuck Everlasting"
It’s better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.
-Elizabeth Gilbert
"Eat, Pray, Love"
It is a good practice to set apart at least one day in a year for the remembrance of one’s near and dear relatives, friends and learned people that are no more in keeping with our traditions; giving a new orientation to and infusing new life into practices that have become lifeless and meaningless to many.
-Scriptures "The Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism"
All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.
-Martha Graham
But how could you live and have no story to tell?
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
"White Nights"
I created you human beings because I desired to see you lead a joyous life.
-Scriptures "Ofudesaki 14.25"
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
-Nelson Mandela
You ask: What is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: Do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?
-Freeman Dyson
"The Meaning of Life"
One doesn’t recognize the really important moments in one’s life until it’s too late.
-Agatha Christie
