Quotes About Life

The disciple of philosophy must present itself, first as a way of thinking and then as a way of life.

I am absolutely a believer. Faith and life are synonymous functions. If you don't believe, you can't finish a sentence, for example. Speechlessness is the clearest sign of depression. In this respect, depression and disbelief converge.

Ventilation is the profound secret of existence.

In irgendeiner Form leben wir alle nach unserem Tod weiter. In der Erinnerung anderer Menschen, von unseren Kindern. Und in dem, was wir geschaffen haben." "Schreibst du deshalb Bücher? Weil du keine Kinder hast?" "Ich will nicht ewig leben. Im Gegenteil. Ich möchte keine Spuren hinterlassen." "Doch", sagte Agnes.

That's the thing with reality, he said, you can't repeat it to order, you can't correct it. Perhaps we should read more books.

Hicieron planes, planes de viajes, planes para la vida. Sus planes eran más reales que su vida.

Es wurde Herbst und Winter. Es wurde Sommer. Es wurde dunkel, und es wurde hell.

Er erkundigte sich nach Agnes. Sie sei weggegangen, sagte ich, und er lächelte anzüglich. "Sie gehen alle irgendwann", sagte er, "mach dir nichts draus, die Welt ist voll schöner Frauen.

Solange man leidet, lebt man doch wenigstens. Ich fürchte mich nicht vor dem Sterben. Ich habe Angst vor dem Tod - einfach, weil dann alles zu Ende ist.

Wenn er nämlich wahrhaft gelebt hat, kann das nur in fernen Landen gewesen sein.

I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death.

Because dead people are just like you and me, they still want things. They look at us all the time, and they miss being alive. We have taste and color and smell and feelings, and they don't have any of those things. They stare at us, they don't miss anything. They really see what's going on, and we hardly ever really see that. We're too busy thinking about things and getting everything wrong, so we miss ninety percent of what's happening.

My own view of Father was not nearly so high-flown or complicated. For me he was flesh and blood and until the day I left Memphis behind, to take up residence in Manhattan, he remained simply a barrier between me and any independent life I might aspire to- a barrier to any pursuit of ideas, interests, goals that my temperament guided me toward.

In the beginning there was the word. The word was Jah. The word is in I, Jah is in I. I make what is good, better, and what is better, best. I follow this in every aspect of life.

Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me to be the most civilized music in the world.

Finally, I surmise that mobility is generally a symbol of well-being: when people talk about the good life or about dreams for the future, they frequently use images of mobility as well. A better life is one in which one can move around, can go to places – whether the city or abroad – and can avail oneself of opportunities that are available there. Not

Mothers began to bet on their sickly children's lives

When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. —MARK TWAIN

You only have one life to live. How you live that life is your choice. As far as I know, no one has ever had 'I wish I had bought more stuff' inscribed on their tombstone. What you own can easily blind you to who you are and what you can be.

If a gift has come to you wrapped in obligations and tied tightly with a ribbon of guilt, then it's not really a gift at all. It's a manipulation. A gift should be something freely given that enhances your life and reminds you lovingly of the giver. If it's not, you simply should not give it a place in your home.

Start with the stuff (as most people are inclined to do when they try to conquer their clutter) and you are pretty much guaranteed failure. Start with the vision you have for the life you want and you have taken the first real step to long-term and remarkable change. The