All Quotes By Tag: Life-and-death

“In this jangle of causes and effects, what had become of their true selves? Here Leonard lay dead in the garden, from natural causes; yet life was a deep, deep river, death a blue sky, life was a house, death a wisp of hay, a flower, a tower, life and death were anything and everything, except this ordered insanity, where the king takes the queen, and the ace the king. Ah, no; there was beauty and adventure behind, such as the man at her feet had yearned for; there was hope this side of the grave; there were truer relationships beyond the limits that fetter us now. As a prisoner looks up and sees stars beckoning, so she, from the turmoil and horror of those days, caught glimpses of the diviner wheels.”

“Prisoner of Her Own Captivity”

“The aim of all life is death. Life is the apprenticeship that we serve preparing for death. Life is the fleeting spark of divinity that precedes a deathless eternity.”

“Life is an endless trial and death its certain verdict, but there are many recesses to enjoy before then.”

“A person, who has everything seeks life;A person,who has nothing ,seeks death;A person, who looks beyond everything seeks the meaning of life.To a person who gets everything in life,life is a boon,To a person who is deprived of everything in life,death is a boon.The richest of the rich seeks,life earnestly;The poorest of the poor seeks,death earnestly.If you know this: You will not follow,the world which gives and takes away money,You will follow,God who gives and takes away life.”

“This life is not perfect, live it to the full, it’s all we have”

“If I had a choice, I wouldn’t be here… I wouldn’t be anywhere.”

“Life has a meaning but do not set out to find out. Just live it out.”

“Life is a dream. We wake up when we die”

“Student: I don’t feel like living anymore. Teacher: If you don’t feel like doing something then don’t do. This means that in finding many ways how not to live your life, you have the possibility to discover how to live your life.”

“Nobody ever goes before their time.”

“Ce matin, l’idée m’est venue pour la première fois que mon corps, ce fidèle compagnon, cet ami plus sûr, mieux connu de moi que mon âme, n’est qu’un monstre sournois qui finira par dévorer son maître.”

“So it is said, for him who understands Heavenly joy, life is the working of Heaven; death is the transformation of things. In stillness, he and the yin share a single Virtue; in motion, he and the yang share a single flow.”

“WINTER’S GHOST:Autumn moonincautious in the dark riverWinter’s ghost walkswith a covered faceand silver bones wait in all animalsto be bone cloth upon her shoulderwait for her happiness in that they are silver”

“Human stories are practically always about one thing, really, aren’t they? Death. The inevitability of death. . .. . . (quoting an obituary) ‘There is no such thing as a natural death. Nothing that ever happens to man is natural, since his presence calls the whole world into question. All men must die, but for every man his death is an accident, and even if he knows it he would sense to it an unjustifiable violation.’ Well, you may agree with the words or not, but those are the key spring of The Lord Of The Rings”