“Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.”
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.
“I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.”
“Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.”
“Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them.”
“We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.”
“The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.”
“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.”
“When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life now that I am old I know that it is.”
“You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.”
“Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.”
“At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.”
“Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.”
“I blame my mother for my poor sex life. All she told me was 'the man goes on top and the woman underneath.' For three years my husband and I slept in bunk beds.”
“Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.”
“I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.”
“I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them.”
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”