Quotes about life
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There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
I had the feeling of slipping down a smooth bottomless pit. It had nothing to do with Breuer and the people. It had nothing to do with Pat even. It was the melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them; that love begins with a human being but does not end in him; and that everything can be there: a human being, love, happiness, life — and that yet in some terrible way it is always too little, and grows ever less the more it seems.
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
My cell phone is my best friend. It's my lifeline to the outside world.
The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.
Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends.
Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
We turn off the TV, video games and computer — except for homework — during the week. The TV's reserved for Friday night, Saturday and Sunday just because that's the time to do homework, and it makes it that much less chaotic in our house.
Time is long but life is short.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
I might have lived long enough to learn all this in the long haul, but I would have been just another soul taking up time and space for a long spell before I learned.
Your personal life, your professional life, and your creative life are all intertwined. I went through a few very difficult years where I felt like a failure. But it was actually really important for me to go through that. Struggle, for me, is the most inspirational thing in the world at the end of the day — as long as you treat it that way.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
Your grief path is yours alone, and no one else can walk it, and no one else can understand it.
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