Life Truths Quotes

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Lev Grossman
“If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so.”
Lev Grossman, The Magicians

A.H. Almaas
“Your conflicts, all the difficult things, the problematic situations in your life are not chance or haphazard. They are actually yours. They are specifically yours, designed specifically for you by a part of you that loves you more than anything else. The part of you that loves you more than anything else has created roadblocks to lead you to yourself. You are not going in the right direction unless there is something pricking you in the side, telling you, “Look here! This way!” That part of you loves you so much that it doesn’t want you to lose the chance. It will go to extreme measures to wake you up, it will make you suffer greatly if you don’t listen. What else can it do? That is its purpose.”
A.H. Almaas

Neal Shusterman
“...the first sign of civilization is always trash.”
Neal Shusterman, Unwind

Aesop
“No one believes a liar even when he tells the truth”
Aesop

Hermann Hesse
“Searching means having a goal, but finding means being free, being open, having no goal ... because in striving for your goal there are many things you do not see, which are directly in front of your eyes.”
Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

Yann Martel
“I wept heartily over this poor little deceased soul. It was the first sentient being I had ever killed. I was now a killer. I was now as guilty as Cain. I was sixteen years old, a harmless boy, bookish and religious, and now I had blood on my hands. It's a terrible burden to carry. All sentient life is sacred.”
Yann Martel, Life of Pi

Ayn Rand
“You love your work. God help you, you love it! And thats the curse. That's the brand on your forehead for all of them to see. You love it and they know it, and they know they have you. Do you ever look at the people in the street? Aren't you afraid of them? I am. They move past you and they wear hats and they carry bundles. But that's not the substance of them. The substance of them is hatred for any man who loves his work. That's the only kind they fear. I don't know why”
Ayn Rand

Emma Chase
“The thing is, when you`re dependent on others, they hold a part of your happiness in their hands. They can nurture it or crush it at any moment. Your fate doesn`t belong to you.”
Emma Chase, Royally Matched

Fyodor Dostoevsky
“لم أكن أعرف كيف أكون أي شيء! لم أستطع أن أكون حقودًا أو طيب القلب، ولا نذلًا أو أمينًا، ولا بطلًا أو حشرة. إنني أعيش حياتي الآن في هذه الزاوية، مهينًا نفسي بمواساة حاقدة غير مجدية تتمثل في قولي لها: " ﺇﻥ ﺍﻟﺫﻜﻲ ﻻ ﻴﻤﻜﻨﻪ ﺃﻥ ﻴﻜﻭﻥ ﺸﻴﺌﺎ ﺨﻁﻴﺭًا، وﺃﻥ ﺍﻷﺤﻤﻕ ﻭﺤﺩﻩ ، ﻫﻭ الذي ﻴﻤﻜﻨﻪ ﺃﻥ ﻴﻜﻭﻥ ﺃﻱ ﺸﻲ.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground

Bangambiki Habyarimana
“You don't get what you want, you get what you can”
Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

Clarissa Pattern
“If you want to be something, be it, do not fret over what others are thinking”
Clarissa Pattern, Airy Nothing

Jean Thompson
“After all, your head only had so much room in it. No surprise if it overflowed once in a while with little bits of sparkle and electrical fizz.”
Jean Thompson, The Year We Left Home

Clarissa Pattern
“The trick to life is knowing when you need advice, and when to follow your heart.”
Clarissa Pattern, Airy Nothing

Corey Taylor
“Life's not the Internet, fuckholes!
Life doesn't sway or give when you try to force it to give you what you crave, whether it's a lover or a liver transplant. Because of life, you learn to roll wit the punches, even if you have to take a few head shots before you find out the hard way.”
Corey Taylor, You're Making Me Hate You: A Cantankerous Look at the Common Misconception That Humans Have Any Common Sense Left

Cornelia Funke
“Nothing is more frightening then a fear you cannot name.”
Cornelia Funke, Inkheart Trilogy and Reckless 5 Books Collection Set

Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
“इसी वनवास में मैं यह भी जान पाई कि ॠषि-मुनि वन में जाकर तपस्या क्यों किया करते है। निसर्ग और मानव का नाता अनादि अनंत है। ये दोनाें मानो जुड़वाँ भाई हैं। इसीलिए निसर्ग के सान्निध्य में जीवन अपनी सारी सच्चाइयाँ लेकर हमारे सामने प्रकट हो जाता है। मानव यह समझने लगता है कि जीवन की असली शक्ति क्या है और उसकी सही-सही मर्यादाएं क्या हैं। मानव निसर्ग से दूर हो जाता है तो उसका जीवन एकांगी होने लगता है। उस कृत्रिम और एकांगी जीवन में उसकी कल्पनाएं, भावनाएं, वासनाएं सब अवास्तविक और विकृत बन जाती हैं। वो तो मेरा सौभाग्य था जो अभागिन होते हुए भी मैं यहाँ आई और जीवन की जड़ में जो सत्य हुआ करता है उसका दर्शन कर सकी।”
Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust

Ken Kesey
“Those who had been in on the night started telling about it with a kind of quiet pride and wonder, the way people tell about seeing a big hotel fire or a dam bursting — very solemn and respectful because the casualties aren’t even counted yet — but the longer the telling went on, the less solemn the fellows got.”
Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Rohit Omar
“No matter how powerful you are, if dharm is not on your side, you will lose”
Rohit Omar

Isa Konrad
“Jou redding en jou ondergang is een dieselfde ding.”
Isa Konrad, Die ondenkbare

“Everyone has the same promises, they only differ in what they do”
Kamil Rogalinski

Rehan Katrawale
“You will always be a need for them, not love.”
Rehan Katrawale

Rehan Katrawale
“Your looks and physical appearance will decide your present. Your vision and status will decide your future.”
Rehan Katrawale

“It doesn’t matter who loves your life, if you don’t love your own life then it’s all a waste.”
TemitOpe Ibrahim

“Bow humbly to the truth of life when you see it clearly, otherwise life in its power will bring you to your knees and break your vanity.”
Elhachemi Sabi

Brittany Burgunder
“I care about your: mind, words, heart, actions, attitude and effort.

I don’t care about your: age, appearance, salary, weight or social status.”
Brittany Burgunder

Leo Tolstoy
“There are times when you'd give a whole month away for fifty kopecks, and others when you wouldn't give up half an hour for any price.”
Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

Kelley Armstrong
“They are works in progress, just like everything else in life, and we're put here to put in the work and focus on progress, however it turns out.”
Kelley Armstrong, The Boy Who Cried Bear

David Maze
“Love is not the denial of power, but its highest expression. The strong love differently than the weak.”
David Maze, If Nietzsche Wrote Meditations: Think Fight Club Vibes for The Self-Improvement Fanatic.

David Maze
“He who waits for permission to live will find himself buried with the others who did the same.”
David Maze, If Nietzsche Wrote Meditations: Think Fight Club Vibes for The Self-Improvement Fanatic.

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