Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
-Søren Kierkegaard
Quotations
Life
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
Life becomes a festival when gaiety and culture blend.
-Anonymous "Anonymous"
Be like a tree. The tree gives shade even to him who cuts off its boughs.
-Sri Chaitanya "Sri Chaitanya"
There are no random acts...We are all connected...You can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind...
-Mitch Albom
"The Five People You Meet in Heaven"
Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may… meet with great misfortunes.
-Aristotle
A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches and thoughts. And the consequences, whether good or bad of even the least of them, are far-reaching.
-Swami Sivananda "Swami Sivananda"
There is no cure for birth and death, save to enjoy the interval.
-George Santayana
If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.
-John Irving
"A Prayer for Owen Meany"
