Some people have learned to earn well but they haven't learned to live well.
I am not afraid of death. I just don't want to be there when it happens.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
Be bold - and mighty forces will come to your aid.
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
We’re only here for a short while. And I think it’s such a lucky accident, having been born, that we’re almost obliged to pay attention.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
It is not what you gather but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.
If you're not living a life on the edge you're taking up too much space! ... You learn the most when you're out of your comfort zone!
In this life we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make, however, determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have to live with the consequences of our choices. Making perfect choices all of the time is not possible. It just doesn't happen. But it is possible to make good choices we can live with and grow from.
Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
Your life feels different on you, once you greet death and understand your heart's position. You wear your life like a garment from the mission bundle sale ever after - lightly because you realize you never paid nothing for it, cherishing because you know you won't ever come by such a bargain again.
You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.
We mostly spend those lives conjugating three verbs: to Want, to Have, and to Do.
Life has got to be lived - that's all there is to it.
We must each lead a way of life with self-awareness and compassion, to do as much as we can. Then, whatever happens we will have no regrets.
I can get sad, I can get frustrated, I can get scared, but I never get depressed - because there's joy in my life.
Life is the game that must be played.
There are two components that are fundamental to enjoy life and feel good about yourself: continual learning and service.
Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. When people suggest you follow your "passion" or your "bliss," I propose that they are, in fact, referring to the same singular concept: excitement. This brings us full circle. The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me?"
Freedom is secured not by the fulfillment of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.
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