Life Quotes - Page 280

It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.

The extraordinary gentleness of the adult male with his young dispels all the King Kong mythology.

You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.

To create a world in which life can flourish and prosper we must replace the values and institutions of capitalism with values and institutions that honor life, serve life's needs, and restore money to its proper role as servant. I believe we are in fact being called to take a step to a new level of species consciousness and function.

Of course life is bizarre, the more bizarre it gets, the more interesting it is. The only way to approach it is to make yourself some popcorn and enjoy the show.

As much as I would love to be a person that goes to parties and has a couple of drinks and has a nice time - that doesn't work for me. I do that very unsuccessfully. I'd just rather sit at home and read, or go out to dinner with someone, or talk to someone I love, or talk to somebody that makes me laugh.

You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life. This is not an easy struggle. Indeed, it may be the most difficult task in the world, for opening the door to your own life is, in the end, more difficult than opening the doors to the mysteries of the universe.

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

The tragedy is when you've got sex in the head instead of down where it belongs.

Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him.

Life is laughter when seen in a long shot, but it is a tragedy when seen in a close-up.

It seems to be a general belief that the will of God is to make things distasteful for us, like taking bad-tasting medicine when we are sick, or going to the dentist. Somebody needs to tell us that the sunrise is also God's will. There is the time of harvest, the harvest which will provide food and clothes for us, without which life could not be sustained on earth. God ordered the seasons-they are his will. In fact, the good things in life far outweigh the bad. There are more sunrises than cyclones.

You serve a greater cause. Your life is not yours to throw away (Magnus Bane)

Literature has the power to change lives, minds, and hearts.

Like the seasons of the year, life changes frequently and drastically. You enjoy it or endure it as it comes and goes, as it ebbs and flows.

The journey toward your Big Dream changes you. In fact, the journey itself is what prepares you to succeed at what you were born to do. And until you decide to pursue your Dream, you are never going to love life the way you were meant to.

The three most difficult things in life are: 1. To keep a secret. 2. To forget an injury. 3. To make good use of leisure.

I don't like going out. I hate clubs. I hate being around too many people.

To choose life with God is to choose a blessed life.

I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.

Integrity means that if our private life were suddenly exposed, we'd have no reason to be ashamed or embarrassed. Integrity means that our outward life is consistent with our inner convictions.

You spend your whole life trapped inside your body. Everything you know about the world comes to you through your body.

What I know of the divine sciences and Holy Scriptures, I learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.

Everything happens for a reason, and part of that beauty of life is that we're not allowed to know those reasons for certain.