#life

"Men spend their lives in anticipations,—in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every other—it is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age."

"Love changes things; hope allows us to endure until the change arrives."

"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us."

"You didn't need a college degree to become one of the people who knew what was really going on. If you paid attention, you could pick things up on your own."

"Be confident in your approach to success in having a better future. Take risks, try new things, become diligent, and find new techniques because in the end you will develop a compelling emotional element."

"If you find yourself drawn to an event against all logic, go. The universe is telling you something."

"Patriotism [10w] Patriotism for the rich is a subtle synonym for profiteering."

"When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty."

"I failed to communicate, that's why I chose to leave"

"[H]iding how you really feel and trying to make everyone happy doesn't make you nice, it just makes you a liar."

"Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance."

"It's funny. No matter how hard you try, you can't close your heart forever. And the minute you open it up, you never know what's going to come in. But when it does, you just have to go for it! Because if you don't, there's not point in being here."

"Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighbourhood of despair.Even when all doors remain closed, God wil open up a new path only for you. Be thankful! It is easy to be thankful when all is well. A Sufi is thankful not only for what he has been given but also for all that has been denied."

"Never be afraid to meet to the hilt the demand of either work, or friendship - two of life's major assets."

"You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not."

"My handshake is as firm as cooked spaghetti. So, do you prefer your introductions with Alfredo or marinara sauce?"

"New streets should be Twitter friendly and be named with hashtags up front. I’d build a house on ‪#‎LoversLane‬."

"According to the Buddha's teaching the beginning of the life-stream of living beings is unthinkable. THe believer in the creation of life by God may be astonished at this reply. But if you were to ask him 'What is the beginning of God?' he would answer without hesitation 'God has no beginning', and he is not astonished at his own reply."

"It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half."

"There's no backward and no forward, no day other than this. You fill your cart as you go, and that's that."