Quotes About Life

Taras Bulba: I brought you into this world and I can take you out. Taras: My son, why? Why? Andrei Bulba: I did what I had to do. Taras: From the day I plunged you in the river to give you life, I loved you as I loved the steppes. You were my pride! I gave you life. It is on me to take it away from you. Taras: Put your faith in your sword and your sword in the Pole.

And for long years to come I am destined by some strange fate to walk hand in hand with my odd heroes, to gaze at life in its vast movement, to gaze upon it through laughter seen by the world and tears unseen and unknown by it!

I really don't know," the old lady brought out hesitatingly, "you see I've never sold the dead before.

Yes, readers of this book, none of you really care to see humanity revealed in its nakedness. "Why should we do so?" you say. "What would be the use of it? Do we not know for ourselves that human life contains much that is gross and contemptible? Do we not with our own eyes have to look upon much that is anything but comforting? Far better would it be if you would put before us what is comely and attractive, so that we might forget ourselves a little.

Entre las penas con que nuestra vida está tejida, luce siempre un chispazo de alegría.

We're all stupid, chasing after vanity!" ... "Really, it comes from idleness! Everything's near, everything's close at hand, yet we run to some far-off kingdom. Is it not life, if one is occupied, be it even in a remote corner? The pleasure indeed consists in labor. And nothing's sweeter than the fruit of one's own labors . . .

I brought you into this world. It is on me to take it away.

God, what is our life! An eternal discord between dream and reality!

Dreadful and fearsome is the old age which will come, for it gives nothing back, nothing in return!

Tatl? gençlik y?llar?ndan, ileri ya?lar?n sert, kat? y?llar?na giderken tüm insanc?l e?ilimlerinizi, duygular?n?z? yan?n?za almay? unutmay?n, yolda b?rakmay?n onlar?, sonra yerlerinden kald?ramazs?n?z. Hemen ileride sizi beklemekte olan ya?l?l?k korkunçtur, hiçbir ?eyi geri vermez! Mezar bile ondan daha merhametli, daha lütufkard?r...

De que modo estranho e incompreensível o destino brinca connosco! Será que alguma vez alcançamos aquilo que almejamos? Será que conseguimos aquilo que, parece, as nossas forças foram expressamente preparadas? Tudo se passa ao contrário.

Life has been given us to enjoy.

A vida, porém, é tão boa, e tanto se quer viver, e a vida tanto nos seduz que chega a girar e girar algo diante de nossos olhos...

And for a long time yet, led by some wondrous power, I am fated to journey hand in hand with my strange heroes and to survey the surging immensity of life, to survey it through the laughter that all can see and through the tears unseen and unknown by anyone.

"Life is trouble," Zorba continued. "Death, no. To live—do you know what that means? To undo your belt and look for trouble!"

I said to the almond tree, 'Friend, speak to me of God ' and the almond tree blossomed.

Maybe you're right, boss. It all depends on the way you look at it. Look, one day I had gone to a little village. An old grandfather of ninety was busy planting an almond tree. 'What, grandad' I exclaimed. 'Planting an almond tree' and he, bent as he was, turned round and said, 'My son, I carry on as if I should never die.' I replied, 'And I carry on as if I was going to die any minute.' Which of us was right, boss

Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble.

Look, one day I had gone to a little village. An old grandfather of ninety was busy planting an almond tree. 'What, grandfather!' I exclaimed. 'Planting an almond tree?' And he, bent as he was, turned around and said: 'My son, I carry on as if I should never die.' I replied: 'And I carry on as if I was going to die any minute.' Which of us was right, boss?

Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.

All those who actually live the mysteries of life haven't the time to write, and all those who have the time don't live them! D'you see?

At last; something must kill a man.

The best photo you keep as your pride will one day be the carrier of RIP when you're gone.

The most dangerous place for your life is in your home, as you probably know. Most people are killed by family or those they are relatively close to. Refuges for women are important to deal with this. But in the end there are certain risks you take – when you walk in the streets you might be hit by a car.