There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
-Oscar Wilde
Quotations
Life
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"
Live simply that others might simply live.
-Elizabeth Ann Seton
There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life.
-Kurt Cobain
Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
-Edgar Allan Poe
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
-Oprah Winfrey
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"
Life's as kind as you let it be.
-Charles Bukowski
"Hot Water Music"
We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it.
-Lauryn Hill
In three words I can sum up everything I've learnt about life: it goes on.
-Robert Frost
