Quotes about Life

Love, understanding, courage, and acceptance are expressions of the life of Jesus.

In this very moment all of us are dying. Some of us are dying more slowly and some of us more quickly. If we can be alive now, it is because we're dying at every moment. We might think that someone else is dying and we're not. But we shouldn't be fooled by appearances.

We do not have to die to get to the gates of Heaven.

Start where you are. The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

To practice the Four Noble Truths, you yourself have to touch deeply the things that bring you peace and joy. When you do, you realize that walking on the Earth is a miracle, washing the dishes is a miracle, and practicing with a community of friends is a miracle. The greatest miracle is to be alive.

We ride on the wave of birth and death, and we are free from birth and death.

If the wave does not have to die to become water, then we do not have to die to enter the kingdom of God.

Life is short; it must not be spent in endless metaphysical speculations which will not be able to bring us the Truth.

To return home, to see into one's own nature, is the end aimed at by the practitioner, But how is one to see into one's own nature? It is necessary to bring light to one's existence, to live life, to render present and permanent the awareness of being. Put in another way, it is necessary that one sees the cyprus in the courtyard. If one does not see the presence of the cyprus in his own garden, how can one see into his own nature?

He that fears death loses the joys of life.

Life is meant to be enjoyed, not just endured.

As long as you live, keep learning how to live.