Life

To believe in immortality is one thing, but it is first needful to believe in life. – Robert Louis Stevenson

The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither. We must be very humble. We must see the beauty of quietness. We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us. – W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, 1919

Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. – Hans Christian Andersen

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me.” – Erma Bombeck

[A]ll life budding like a rose and sparkling like its dew. – Edgar Fawcett, “At a Window,” Songs of Doubt and Dream, 1891

If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. – E.B. White, quoted in Israel Shenker, “E.B. White: Notes and Comment by Author,”

A life without cause is a life without effect. – Barbarella

Life is not always fair. Sometimes you get a splinter sliding down a rainbow. – Terri Guillemets

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it. – Christopher Morley, Thunder on the Left

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. – Emily Dickinson

Yes, I will try to be. Because I believe that not being is arrogant. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

Life is the hyphen between matter and spirit. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

As we struggle to make sense of things, life looks on in repose. – Author Unknown

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. – Arthur Miller

Life is a whim of several billion cells to be you for a while. – Author Unknown

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. – Danny Kaye

Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once. – Lillian Dickson

We are born wet, naked, and hungry. Then things get worse. – Author Unknown

Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up. – Author Unknown

Life is a cement trampoline. – Howard Nordberg