In order to lead a successful human life you should have in your nature...a heart
of an artist, vision of a scientist, an astute business acumen, pride of self reliance,
the art of being joyous, a zest for life and lastly, a self-content nature; you should
essentially have a fair mix of all the above mentioned seven qualities.
-Deep Trivedi
Quotations
Life
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?
-Bob Marley
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
"Flaubert's Parrot"
You have crossed the great ocean; why do you halt so near the shore? Make haste to get on the other side, Gautama; be careful all the while!
-Scriptures "Uttaradhyayana Sutra 10.34"
Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive.
-Haruki Murakami
"Kafka on the Shore"
Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.
-Samuel Dickey Gordon "S. D. Gordon"
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
-Anaïs Nin
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
-Socrates
One doesn’t recognize the really important moments in one’s life until it’s too late.
-Agatha Christie
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.
-Epicurus
