Life Quotes

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards"

"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day"

"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets"

"Life well spent is long"

"Life is a long lesson in humility"

"Life does not consist of words. Life is reality"

"A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life"

"A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life"

"To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else"

"I do not regret one moment of my life"

"Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out"

"Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist"

"I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches"

"All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on"

"Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive"

"Unbeing dead isn't being alive"

"I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it"

"I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living"

"Every man dies. Not every man really lives"

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself"

"I love life because what more is there"

"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see"

"Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself"