Life Quotes - Page 459

Virtue is its own punishment.

Youve got to live life to write a book about it.

I broke something and realized I should break something once a week to remind me how fragile life is.

What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

I intend to leave this life so shattered there's gonna have to be a thousand separate heavens for all of my flying parts

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.

DIARY, n. A daily record of that part of one's life, which he can relate to himself without blushing.

ROPE, n. An obsolescent appliance for reminding assassins that they too are mortal. It is put about the neck and remains in place one's whole life long.

Figuring out our gifts in life is part of our journey to becoming enlightened human beings.

... protection of life is NOT a legitimate use for a firearm in this country sir! Not! That is expressly ruled out!

Heart of my heart, the world is young; Love lies hidden in every rose! Every song that the skylark sung Once, we thought, must come to a close: Now we know the spirit of song, Song that is merged in the chant of the whole, Hand in hand as we wander along, What should we doubt of the years that roll?

Your dreamers may dream it The shadow of a dream, Your sages may deem it A bubble on the stream; Yet our kingdom draweth nigher With each dawn and every day, Through the earthquake and the fire Love will find out the way.

Heart of my heart, we are one with the wind, One with the clouds that are whirled o'er the lea, One in many, O broken and blind, One as the waves are at one with the sea! Ay! when life seems scattered apart, Darkens, ends as a tale that is told, One, we are one, O heart of my heart, One, still one, while the world grows old.

Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.

All living organisms are but leaves on the same tree of life. The various functions of plants and animals and their specialized organs are manifestations of the same living matter. This adapts itself to different jobs and circumstances, but operates on the same basic principles. Muscle contraction is only one of these adaptations. In principle it would not matter whether we studied nerve, kidney or muscle to understand the basic principles of life. In practice, however, it matters a great deal.

When I was still a rather precocious young man, I already realized most vividly the futility of the hopes and aspirations that most men pursue throughout their lives.

The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. It is the source of all true art and science. He who knows it not and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazement, is as good as dead, a snuffed-out candle.

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.

Life, this anti-entropy, ceaselessly reloaded with energy, is a climbing force, toward order amidst chaos, toward light, among the darkness of the indefinite, toward the mystic dream of Love, between the fire which devours itself and the silence of the Cold.

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

Life is like a box of sardines and we are all looking for the key.

The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone else. was to be indifferent to that difference.