Life Quotes

Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

Life is a tide; float on it. Go down with it and go up with it, but be detached. Then it is not difficult.

Life is like a trumpet – if you don’t put anything into it, you don’t get anything out of it.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.

What we play is life.

Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.

The greatest pleasure of life is love.

Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.

Look, I don’t want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you’re alive you’ve got to flap your arms and legs, you’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.

Make space in your life for the things that matter, for family and friends, love and generosity, fun and joy. Without this, you will burn out in mid-career and wonder where your life went.