40 quotes found
“I should live each day as if it were significant, as if everyday the fate of the world depended on my action.”
“You try your best to love the world despite obvious flaws in design and execution and you take care of whatever needy things present themselves to you during your passage through it. Otherwise you'...”
“In the old days he had clutched life with such violence that the juice of it ran out between his fingers and was lost, but now he would touch it delicately, thankful for the good and accepting the ...”
“Do not wait to know you are drying before you start living.”
“Live one day at a time.Do not worry about tomorrow.”
“Life must be lived to the fullness.”
“The fraudulence paradox was that the more time and effort you put into trying to appear impressive or attractive to other people, the less impressive or attractive you felt inside -- you were a fra...”
“You've been treading water," she said. "You're marking the years, not living them.”
“Living life with a plan can be harder without a plan.”
“The question isn't "Why do we die?" The question is "Why do we live?”
“Live every day like it's your last. Treasure the moments you have, and make sure you make them count.”
“A child is born into a world of phenomena all equal in their power to enslave.”
“When I can’t fall sleep, I pray.”
“… What about the main thing in life, all its riddles? If you want, I'll spell it out for you right now. Do not pursue what is illusionary -property and position: all that is gained at the expense o...”
“What can be more absurd than choosing to carry a burden that one really wants to throw to the ground? To detest, and yet to strive to preserve our existence? To caress the serpent that devours us a...”
“If there was a volcano under their feet, a Vesuvius that could erupt and bury this modern-day Pompeii at any moment, the best thing to do was dance on it.”
