Life Quotes

Every life has equal value.

Better it is to live one day

seeing the rise and fall of things

than to live a hundred years without ever seeing it.

The tongue like a sharp knife…

kills without drawing blood.

To live a pure unselfish life,

one must count nothing as one’s own.

The way is not in the sky.

The way is in the heart.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire,

men cannot live without a spiritual life.

One moment can change a day,

one day can change a life,

and one life can change the world.

An idea that is developed and put into action is

more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,

and the life of the candle will not be shortened.

The final test of the worth of a society is

the quality of life of its citizens.

I had to spend my life persuading my people

that what I was doing was the right thing.

The less effort,

the faster and more powerful you will be.

Real living is living for others.

If you always put limits on everything you do,

physical or anything else,

it will spread into your work and into your life.

Do not pray for an easy life;

pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

The key to immortality is

first living a life worth remembering.

Adapt what is useful,

reject what is useless,

and add what is specifically your own.

If you love life,

don’t waste time,

for time is what life is made up of.

Take things as they are.

Be water, my friend.