Life Quotes
“Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.”
“To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.”
-- Flannery O'Connor
“We must declare ourselves, become known allow the world to discover this subterranean life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself.”
-- Gore Vidal
“Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.”
-- Anais Nin
“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.”
-- Jean Paul