Life Quotes - Page 448

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them.

In a country like South Africa, writers have nuisance value, because those of us who have become known overseas have certainly helped to inform people about what life is like there.

Life is a story. Why do we die? Because we live. Why do we live? Because our Maker opened His mouth and began to tell a story.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.

Words lead to deeds, they prepare the soul, make it ready, and move it to tenderness.

Be humble like Mary so that you can be holy like Jesus

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

When one is without ego, one becomes immediately free of all personal judgements, and perceives life and the world with divine eyes and mind. Nothing is offensive to them and they remain in perfect serenity and peace always.

Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time.

I don't think enjoying life is an exclusive prerogative of young people.

I like to talk about my obsession with french fries because I don't want people to think that 'Let's Move' is about complete, utter deprivation. It's about moderation and real-life changes and ideas that really work for families.

We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.

A good mentor offers directions and driving tips from the back seat. You still have to drive the car.

So as you are beginning your day anchor yourself in the truth. Know that all is well. Extend this to your friends, colleagues and all that you meet. That life is for YOU! It is never against you.

I'm becoming more and more apolitical - I think the most revolutionary thing you can do is just live your life and have a good time. Before they scoop you up on the street or you die.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education, and even more amazing no superiority complex because he had succeeded despite that lack.

We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life.

I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.

And when great souls die, after a period peace blooms, slowly and always irregularly. Spaces fill with a kind of soothing electric vibration. Our senses, restored, never to be the same, whisper to us. They existed. They existed. We can be. Be and be better. For they existed.

The next time you find yourself alone in a dark alley facing the undeniables of life, don't cover them with a blanket, or ignore them with a nervous grin. Don't turn up the TV and pretend they aren't there. Instead, stand still, whisper his name, and listen. He is nearer than you think.

We can never judge a soul above the high water mark of our own.

When will I learn? The answers to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle. They're on TV!

I'm completely happy and fulfilled in my personal life.

One life is too short for doing everything.