Quotes About Life

MOST OF US MAKE at least three important decisions in our lives: where to live, what to do and with whom to do it.

To be alive is to have a story to tell.

To be alive today is to have a story to tell. To be alive is precisely to be the hero, the center of a life story. When you can be nothing more than a minor character in somebody else's tale, it means that you are truly dead.

sunt lacrimae rerum, "There are tears in things.

We all need narrative to make sense of the world.

beauty and pleasure are at the center of teaching. For the best teacher is the one who wants you to find meaning in the things that have given him pleasure, too, so that the appreciation of their beauty will outlive him. In this way—because it arises from an acceptance of the inevitability of death—good teaching is like good parenting.

It is, indeed, in this light that Capote's famous characterization of In Cold Blood as "a reflection on American life—this collision between the desperate, ruthless, wandering, savage part of American life, and the other, which is insular and safe," takes on its proper meaning.T

Plus il m´est donné de me pencher sur les difficultés d´un grand nombre de personnes, plus il m´apparaît clairement que chacun de nous est comparable à une gigantesque bibliothèque. Chaque chapitre d´un seul de ses livres serait alors semblable à une vie entière tandis que chacune des pages du chapitre en question comprendrait des post-scriptum renvoyant à d´autres chapitres, à d´autres livres, à l´infini.

Ocidente construiu um olhar sobre o trabalho colocando-o como o centro da vida, da realização e da dignidade da pessoa humana. E jogou por terra outros pensamentos, outras teorias, outras práticas que não levavam em consideração uma visão de tempo centrada na produção.

Entendi que cada um dos elementos vivos segura uma ponta do fio da vida e o que fere e machuca a Terra, machuca também a todos nós, os filhos da Terra.

Says Saraha: By means of that same essence by which one is born, lives and dies, By means of that one gains the highest bliss.

The desire to be wholly available to life suffices. You do not have to be involved in, or to practice, or to believe anything whatsoever. The ultimate things present themselves in such a simple way that it is enough to experience them by yourself.

Art is one of the great resources of my life," Abby had written the year before. "I believe that it not only enriches the spiritual life, but that it makes one more sane and sympathetic, more observant and understanding, regardless of whatever age it springs from, whatever subject it represents.

I've acted all my life. All the world's a stage.' 'It's not.' Bressac tapped his nose thoughtfully. 'There's no rehearsal, no proper audience, no intermission, one performance only. Behind the scenes there are only more scenes. You can't tell if it's a tragedy or a comedy, but you know that, sooner or later, it'll be an historical. Daggers have solid blades and the blood is real.

Job said, "I came into this world with nothing. I'll leave with nothing, too. The Lord gave me everything; he can take it away. The Lord's name is blessed.

A fundamental misunderstanding obtained however, which has since run like a red thread through my entire life. It is based upon the fact that, within the order of the World, God did not really understand the living human being and had no need to understand him, because, according to the Order of the World, He dealt only with corpses.

Y, por encima de todo, leemos contra la muerte

El tiempo de leer, como el tiempo de amar, dilatan el tiempo de vivir.

Parfois, c'est l'humilité qui commande notre silence. Pas la glorieuse humilité des analystes professionnels, mais la conscience intime, solitaire, presque douloureuse, que cette lecture-ci, que cet auteur-là, viennent, comme on dit, de « changer ma vie » !

Le temps de lire est toujours du temps volé. (Tout comme le temps d'écrire, d'ailleurs, ou le temps d'aimer)

We human beings build houses because we're alive, but we write books because we're mortal. We live in groups because we're sociable, but we read because we know we're alone. Reading offers a kind of companionship that takes no one's place, but that no one can replace either.

El tiempo para leer como el tiempo para amar dilatan el tiempo para vivir

Il tempo per leggere, come il tempo per amare, dilata il tempo per vivere. Se dovessimo considerare l'amore tenendo conto dei nostri impegni, chi ci si arrischierebbe? Chi ha tempo di essere innamorato? Eppure, si è mai visto un innamorato non avere tempo per amare?

Giardinaggio, prole (i bambini di Marianne e i nostri figli adolescenti), fricassee di funghi, musica, non si finirebbe mai di elencare le piccole gioie che alimentano l'istinto di vivere.