Life is the subject that contains all other subjects. These quotes take on existence itself — its brevity, its beauty, its unfairness, and the stubborn human insistence on finding meaning in it anyway. Big questions, no easy answers.
“Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.”
“Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.”
“The shoe that fits one person pinches another there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.”
“I'm a heroine addict. I need to have sex with women who have saved someone's life.”
“You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life.”
“I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.”
“The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.”
“How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it.”
“There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold.”
“Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.”
“I'm so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!”
“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
“The quality of life is more important than life itself.”
“One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.”
“Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.”
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.”