#life

Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage. ↗

— Sri Aurobindo

#between #cat #conception #difference #dog

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. ↗

— Jane Austen

#early #given #life #much #nature

The mind I love must have wild places, a tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass, an overgrown little wood, the chance of a snake or two, a pool that nobody's fathomed the depth of, and paths threaded with flowers planted by the mind. ↗

— Katherine Mansfield

#experience

For all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams. ↗

— Pedro Calderon de la Barca

#dreams #life #life is a #only #themselves

People need to be made more aware of the need to work at learning how to live because life is so quick and sometimes it goes away too quickly. ↗

— Andy Warhol

#away #because #goes #how #learning

The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way. ↗

— William Barclay

#going #him #insist #know #knowing

When we love anyone with our whole hearts, life begins when we are with that person; it is only in their company that we are really and truly alive. ↗

— William Barclay

#anyone #begins #company #hearts #life

Odd: I wish I could believe in reincarnation. Chief Porter: Not me. Once down the track is enough of a test. Pass me or fail me, Dear Lord, but don't make me go through high school again. Odd: If there's something we want so bad in this life but we can't have it, maybe we could get it the next time around. Chief Porter: Or maybe not getting it, accepting less without bitterness and being grateful for what we have is a part of what we're here to learn. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#reincarnation #death

You know I don't like to talk about my personal life. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#i #know #life #like #personal

Listen, life’s too short to let sadness overpower you for long periods of time. Like you said, ‘Everyone dies.’ I felt my emotions, cried my tears, and then came to peace about it. You don’t ever ‘get over’ something like that,” she said, adding air quotes. “Al you can do is embrace the experience and do your best to go on. ↗

— N.K. Smith

#life #death