We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it.
-Lauryn Hill
Quotations
Life
Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures.
-Dalai Lama Xiv
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 "Chanakya"
It’s better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.
-Elizabeth Gilbert
"Eat, Pray, Love"
Life should be full of colours! And each colour is meant to be seen and enjoyed separately, for if seen all mixed together, they will appear all black. Similarly, in life, different roles played by the same person should exist peacefully and distinctly inside him. Lift your spirit with the joy of colour.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar "Sri Sri Ravi Shankar"
It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life.
-Anne Lamott
"Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith"
What most counts is not to live, but to live right.
-Socrates
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
-Søren Kierkegaard
Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.
-Søren Kierkegaard
You can get all A's and still flunk life.
-Walker Percy
"The Second Coming"
