To have courage for whatever comes in life — everything lies in that.
Life Quotes
“Life” is a smaller page than you might expect, and an older one. Seneca is the most-quoted of the classical writers, and the sourced entries run from Emerson’s journals in 1822 to Carl Jung’s memoir in 1963. Reading it is closer to browsing a shelf of moralists than scrolling a feed of captions.
One entry needs a warning. “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced” is credited to Søren Kierkegaard all over the internet. The earliest appearance anyone has located is in a 1976 book about Jack Kerouac, which is a long way from nineteenth-century Copenhagen. We keep it listed, with its flag, because people search for it. We would not put his name under it.
The aphorism "as a man thinketh in his heart so is he" contains the secret of life.
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.
There are three things in a Woman's life that should never be empty, her heart, bed and glass.
Every breath of life is a priceless treasure; it should be devoted to the rememberance of the Lord.
If one tear falls on account of fear of God, it is better then fasting throughout life.
Devotion to God and service to fellow beings is the pivot of life.
Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything.
Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
Every pleasure raises the tide of life; every pain lowers the tide of life.