To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
-Robert Louis Stevenson "R. L. Stevenson"
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
Life is busy. There are daily obligations that have to be met. Take time to think about how precious and special human life is - you only get one such life. Every wasted minute is lost. You can’t get it back.
The evil ruler spoils the word, the plan of life, by his teachings. He, indeed, deprives me of the exalted goal of good thought. With the word of my spirit, I pray to You, O Wise One, and to truth!
For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth.
Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.
-Cormac McCarthy
"The Road"
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
If you really wish to strengthen your individuality and accomplish something
great in life, then recognize the presence of "witness". Only because it is there,
you can feel that you are working.
-Deep Trivedi
Surely my prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are (all) for Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
It is not that you read a book, pass an examination and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life.
-Anne Lamott
"Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith"