Life Quotes - Page 398

Not everything in man's life is summed up in the problem of food. Anyone who thinks that a civilization can be founded on bread alone makes a great mistake. No matter how much bread there is, it cannot produce a man: it can only nourish him. Life exists before food. Man's life comes from the very origin of life. Therefore civilization does not follow the forms of production. All social life follows the action of life.

"Life is like a sewer - what you get out of it depends on what you put into it." It's always seemed to me that this is precisely the sort of dynamic, positive thinking that we so desperately need today in these trying times of crisis and universal brouhaha.

Life isn't about living without problems. Life is about solving problems.

Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

And you very soon find out, if you have not found it out before, that patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.

A stumble may prevent a fall.

I'm not the girl who always has a boyfriend. I'm the girl who rarely has a boyfriend.

Standing there at the stage door to the rest of your life. Time to dip your toe into the deep end. Try things. Say hi already. Laugh a lot. Mess up. Apologize. Mess up again. Hug people. Take chances. Trust yourself. Lose things. Get over it. Hold your friends close. Gather your strength. Gain wisdom and beautiful stories. Be brave, and you'll have the time of your life.

Love is most nearly itself When here and now cease to matter. Old men ought to be explorers Here or there does not matter We must be still and still moving Into another intensity For a further union, a deeper communion Through the dark cold and the empty desolation, The wave cry, the wind cry, the vast waters Of the petrel and the porpoise.

We stayed at home to write, to consolidate our outstretched selves.

an uneasy rhythm of life is more life like than an easy death

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

Humans suffer from self-centred notions as to the nature of life. Humans assume that alien life forms should conform to standards that match our own, including logic and morality. Even among humans, morality is ignored when expedient. Why should we expect more from an alien life form than we demand from ourselves?

Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.

Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.

People in life take on certain stories and say, 'I'm going to be defined by this story and I'm going to live up to every inch of this story.' Sometimes you realize the story isn't fulfilling you and in fact you're not living the life that you're given.

It is safer to search in the maze than to remain in a cheeseless situation

The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo; the more he can remember, the more divine his life becomes.

If you are honest, you will live life safely. But if you are dishonest, you will get hurt.

In this complex world, the best way to survive is to be genuine.

What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.

Life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death anymore, nor actual difficulty in our life.

These are the days in which a true leader wants to live. These are days when opportunities to change lives and even destinies are nearly endless. You are running the anchor leg of the relay because you were born to lead. You were born for glory.

My willingness to be intimate with my own deep feelings creates the space for intimacy with another.