Quotes about Living

Who'll hold families together, if everybody has to live? Living is a compromise, between doing what you want and doing what other people want.

This life is the one to be lived now, that much is crystal-clear. What did Thoreau supposedly say—'One world at a time'?

There were times when I could not afford to sacrifice the bloom of the present moment to any work, whether of the head or hand.

Meditation is more rightly thought of as a "Way" than as a technique. It is a Way of being, a Way of living, a Way of listening, a Way of walking along the path of life and being in harmony with things as they are.

L]ive life as if each moment was important, as if each moment counted and could be worked with, even if it was a moment of pain, sadness, despair, or fear. This work involves above all the regular, disciplined practice of moment-to-moment awareness or mindfulness, the complete owning of each moment of your experience, good, bad, or ugly. This is the essence of full catastrophe living.

These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe life is worth living and your belief will help you create the fact.

We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends, and living our lives.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

Life loves the liver of it.