Famous Quotes

"After you're gone, people will forget your name, no matter how important it was, and your face, no matter how pretty it was, and what you said, no matter how clever any of it sounded.The things you've done will crumble and fade and the places you once loved, will change and be given new names.You are only here for one moment and it lasts exactly one lifetime."

"It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action"

"It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it."

"This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half."

"It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always."

"I don't want to do anything. I don't even want to start this day because then I'll just be expected to finish it."

"What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters."

"Never lose faith in yourself, and never lose hope; remember, even when this world throws its worst and then turns its back, there is still always hope."

"She had been given a wonderful gift: life. Sometimes it was cruelly taken away too soon, but it's what you did with it that counted, not how long it lasted."

"This is the key to life: To expect everything to be given to you from above, yet to be genuinely surprised and forever grateful, when they are. Expecting all good things to be yours, while not knowing how to take anything for granted. If there may be a key in life, this is the key."

"It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience. But then when I grew up I found that life handed you these rusty bent old tools - friendships, prayer, conscience, honesty - and said 'do the best you can with these, they will have to do'. And mostly, against all odds, they do."

"I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again."

"[F]or just one second, look at your life and see how perfect it is. Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there's nothing else. It's here, and you'd better decide to enjoy it or you're going to be miserable wherever you go, for the rest of your life, forever."

"Live or die, but don't poison everything."

"One of the greatest journeys in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a shit."

"Dreams are necessary to life."

"Let go of something old that no longer serves you to make room for something new."

"I don’t chase after anyone, If you wanna walk out of my life, then I’ll hold the fucking door open for you."

"As we go through life we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves."

"The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past."

"It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious."

"I'd found out that if you pushed people away hard enough, they tended to go."