Dost thou love life?
Then do not squander time,
for that is the stuff life is made of.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.
Life is like the dice that, falling, still show a different face. So life, though it remains the same, is always presenting different aspects.
Our life's a stage, a comedy: either learn to play and take it lightly, or bear its troubles patiently.
The geat blessing of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it.
Govern thy life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other.
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.
Life, in all ranks and situations, is an outward occupation, an actual and active work.
Unrest of spirit is a mark of life; one problem after another presents itself and in the solving of them we can find our greatest pleasure.
Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult
After the game,
the king and the pawn go into the same box.
The acts of this life are the destiny of the next.
Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.
Life is like a library owned by the author.
In it are a few books which he wrote himself,
but most of them were written for him.
We make our fortunes, and we call them fate.
The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.
Life's a voyage that's homeward bound.
The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
Life is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be.
The boundaries which divide life from death
are at best shadowy and vague.
Who shall say where one ends,
and the other begins?
One way to get the most out of life is
to look upon it as an adventure.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
There are no classes in life for beginners: right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.
To live is like to love--all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
One life - a little gleam of time between two eternities.
Life is a pure flame,
and we live by an invisible sun within us.
As I grow to understand life less and less,
I learn to love it more and more.
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.
Don't be so humble; you're not that great.
Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.”
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”
“Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.”
“Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.”
“I can live without money, but I cannot live without love.”