Quotes About Life

What this life will amount to is in part determined by the chemical processes in our body, by the biological interaction among organs, by the tiny electrical currents jumping between the synapses of the brain, and by the organization of information that the culture imposes on our mind. But the actual quality of life—what we do, and how we feel about it—will be determined by our thoughts and emotions; by the interpretations we give to chemical, biological, and social processes.

Chance and necessity are sole rulers of beings who are incapable of reflection.

You can drive a car all your life without knowing how the engine works, because the goal of driving is to get from one place to the next, regardless how it's done. But to live without understanding how we think, why we feel the way we feel, what directs our actions is to miss what is most important in life, which is the experience itself.

Creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives… most of the things that are interesting, important, and human are the results of creativity… [and] when we are involved in it, we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life.

The shape and content of life depend on how attention has been used.

the secret to a happy life is to learn to get flow from as many of the things we have to do as possible.

We value money because to a certain extent it liberates us from the constraints of life by making it possible to have free time to do in it what we want.

It is the full involvement of flow, rather than happiness, that makes for excellence in life.

If we really want to live, we'd better start at once to try; If we don't, it doesn't matter, but we'd better start to die.

Control of consciousness determines the quality of life.

A joyful life is an individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe.

Of all the virtues we can learn no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality of life than the ability to transform adversity into an enjoyable challenge.

It is by being fully involved with every detail of our lives, whether good or bad, that we find happiness, not by trying to look for it directly.

People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us can come to being happy.

The needs of babies and toddlers were constant and drained the life out my sense of self and my family's relationship with each other.

For I, Sinuhe, am a human being. I have lived in everyone who existed before me and shall live in all who come after me. I shall live in human tears and laughter, in human sorrow and fear, in human goodness and wickedness, in justice and injustice, in weakness and strength. As a human being I shall live eternally in all mankind.

Ha habido siempre guerras y las habrá siempre, porque los pueblos necesitan poner sus fuerzas a prueba para vivir

la muerte no tiene nada temible, la muerte es buena. Al lado de todo el mal que flagela el mundo, la muerte es la mejor amiga del hombre

As a man I had to provide my own purpose in life, and probably nothing is more difficult. It is easier to beget children and to thrust the responsibility on them while washing one's own hands.

Taistelu on alkanut. Oletko koskaan kokenut ihanampaa päivää.

Syksy on tullut, lehdet ovat lakastuneet, sinut ja minut luotiin elämään ajan syksyä. Kaikki ajatukset on ajateltu loppuun, mitään uutta ei enää voi tapahtua, sydämet ovat väsyneet maailmaan.

Ella me miró y el tiempo se detuvo, el Sol dejó de girar alrededor de la tierra y el pasado se fundió con el futuro; no existió sino el presente, ese instante de vida que ni el tiempo más celoso podía arrebatar

For I, Sinuhe, am a human being. I have lived in everyone who existed before me and shall live in all who come after me. I shall live in human tears and laughter, in human sorrow and fear, in human goodness and wickedness, in justice and injustice, in weakness and strength. As a human being I shall live eternally in mankind. I desire no offerings at my tomb and no immortality for my name. This was written by Sinuhe, the Egyptian, who lived alone all the days of his life.

I had not learned then that death avoids a man who desires it, to snatch at him whose heart holds fast to life.