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  2. A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.

  3. A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.

  4. A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.

  5. A useless life is an early death.

  6. A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

  7. All that a man hath will he give for his life.

  8. All that is alive tends toward colour, individuality, specificity, effectiveness, and opacity. All that is done in life inclines toward knowledge, abstraction, generality, transfiguration, and transparency.

  9. As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

 10. As leaves on the trees, such is the life of man.

 11. As the eye of morning to the lark, as the shade of evening to the owl, as the honey to the bee, or as the carcass to the vulture; even such is life unto the heart of man. Though bright, it dazzleth not; though obscure it displeaseth not; though sweet it cloyeth not; though corrupt, it forbiddeth not; yet who is he that knoweth its true value?

 12. As the ocean giveth rise to springs, whose water return again into its bosom through the rivers, so runneth thy life force from the heart outwards, and so returneth into its place again.

 13. At any given moment, life is completely senseless. But viewed over a period, it seems to reveal itself as an organism existing in time, having a purpose, trending in a certain direction.

 14. At birth we come At death we go... Bearing nothing.

 15. But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Checker-board of Nights and Days; Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays.

 16. Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

 17. Every man's life is a fairy tale, written by God's fingers.

 18. Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism.

 19. For if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.

 20. For in and out, above, about, below, 'Tis nothing but a Magic Shadow - show, Play'd in a Box whose Candle is the Sun, Round which we Phantom Figures come and go.

 21. For life is the mirror of king and slave, 'Tis just what we are and do; Then give to the world the best you have, And the best will come back to you.

 22. Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new; One of these lives is a fancy, But the other one is true.

 23. He who knows wrath, knows pride; he who knows pride, knows deceit; he who knows deceit, knows greed; he who knows greed, knows love; he who knows love, knows hate; he who knows hate, knows delusion; he who knows delusion, knows conception; he who know conception, knows birth; he who knows birth, knows death; he who knows death, knows hell; he who knows hell, knows animal existence; he who knows animal existence, knows pain. Therefore, a wise man should avoid wrath, pride, deceit, greed, love, hate, delusion, conception, birth, death, hell, animal existence, and pain.

 24. Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness.

 25. Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

 26. Human life is everywhere in a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

 27. I came like Water, and like Wind I go.

 28. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. Life is no brief candle for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

 29. I worked for a menial's hire, Only to learn, dismayed, That any wage I had asked of Life, Life would have gladly paid.

 30. If there is a sin against life, it lies perhaps less in despairing of it than in hoping for another and evading the implacable grandeur of the one we have.

 31. If you live according to nature, you never will be poor; if according to the world's caprice, you will never be rich.

 32. Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.

 33. In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life.

 34. It goes on. A little work, a little sleep, a little love and it is all over.

 35. It is between the two polarizing aspects of manifestation - the Supernal Father and the Supernal Mother - that the web of Life is woven; souls going back and forth between them like a weaver's shuttle. In our individual lives, in our physiological rhythms, and in the history of the rise and fall of nations, we observe the same rhythmic periodicity.

 36. It is impossible to live pleasurably without living prudently, honourably, and justly; or to live prudently, honourably, and justly, without living pleasurably.

 37. Know that the life of this world is but a game and pastime and show and boast among you; and multiplying riches and children is like rain, whose vegetation delighteth the infidels - then they wither away, and thou seest them all yellow, and they become chaff.

 38. Learn to live well, that thou may'st die so too; To live and die is all we have to do.

 39. Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

 40. Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

 41. Life comes from the Spirit. Even as a man casts a shadow, so the Spirit casts the shadow of life, and, as a shadow of former lives, a new life comes to this body.

 42. Life has loveliness to sell, All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Soaring fire that sways and sings And children's faces looking up Holding wonder like a cup.

 43. Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.

 44. Life is a language in which certain truths are conveyed to us; if we could learn them in some other way, we should not live.

 45. Life is a lying dream, he only wakes Who casts the World aside.

 46. Life is a magic vase filled to the brim; so made that you cannot dip into it nor draw from it; but it overflows into the hand that drops treasures into it - drop in malice and it overflows hate; drop in charity and it overflows love.

 47. Life is a malady in which sleep soothes us every sixteen hours; it is a palliation; death is the remedy.

 48. Life is a progress and not a station.

 49. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.

 50. Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mould and chisel and complete a character.

 51. Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

 52. Life is a tragedy wherein we sit as spectators for a while and then act our part in it.

 53. Life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns, And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.

 54. Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.

 55. Life is as tedious as a twice told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.

 56. Life is but thought.

 57. Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present to live better in the future.

 58. Life is easy to live for a man who is without shame, bold after the fashion of a crow, a mischief-maker, an insulting, arrogant, and dissolute fellow. But life is hard to live for a modest man, who is free from attachment, unassuming, spotless, and of clear vision.

 59. Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.

 60. Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.

 61. Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born till he has passed through death.

 62. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.

 63. Life is short, and time is swift; Roses fade, and shadows shift.

 64. Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult.

 65. Life is short, yet sweet.

 66. Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.

 67. Life is the childhood of our immortality.

 68. Life is the continuous adjustment of external relations.

 69. Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.

 70. Life is what we make it, and the world is what we make it. The eyes of the cheerful and of the melancholy man are fixed upon the same creation; but very different are the aspects which it bears to them.

 71. Life precedes form, and life survives the last atom of form. Through the countless rays proceeds the life-ray, the one, like a thread through many jewels.

 72. Life, if thou knowest how to use it, is long enough.

 73. Life, like the waters of the seas, freshens only when it ascends toward heaven.

 74. Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

 75. Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.

 76. Live neither in the present nor the future, but in the eternal. The giant weed (of evil) cannot flower there; this blot upon existence is wiped out by the very atmosphere of eternal thought.

 77. Love is sunshine, hate is shadow, Life is checkered shade and sunshine.

 78. Man contains all that is above in heaven and below upon earth, the celestial as well as the terrestrial creatures; it is for this reason that The Eternal chose Man as His Divine manifestation. No World could exist before Adam came into being, for the human figure contains all things, and all that exists is by virtue of it.

 79. Man is a microcosm, or little world, as possessing in miniature all the qualities found on a great scale in the Universe; by his reason and intelligence partaking of the Divine Nature: and by his faculty of changing aliments into other substances, of growing, and reproducing himself, partaking of elementary Nature.

 80. Man's life... Candle in the wind Frost on the tiles.

 81. Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.

 82. No life that breathes with human breath Has ever truly longed for death.

 83. No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.

 84. No one has lived a short life who has performed his duties with unblemished character.

 85. Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.

 86. O life! long to the wretched, short to the happy.

 87. O threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise! One thing at least is certain - This Life flies; One thing is certain and the rest is Lies; The Flower that once has bloomed for ever dies.

 88. On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds area shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life nothing can destroy him; if he has conquered greed nothing can limit his freedom.

 89. One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.

 90. One life - a little gleam of Time between two Eternities.

 91. One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details.

 92. One should count each day a separate life.

 93. Our days begin with trouble here, our life is but a span, And cruel death is always near, so frail a thing is man.

 94. Our days upon earth are a shadow.

 95. Our life so fast away doth slide As doth an hungry eagle through the wind; Or as a ship transported with the tide, Which in their passage leave no print behind.

 96. Plunge boldly into the thick of life! Each lives it, not to many is it known; and seize it where you will, it is interesting.

 97. Reflect that life, like every other blessing, Derives its value from its use alone.

 98. Repetition is the reality and the seriousness of life.

 99. Rhythm is the basis of life, not steady forward progress. The forces of creation, destruction, and preservation have a whirling, dynamic interaction.

100. Serenity, regularity, absence of vanity, Sincerity, simplicity, veracity, equanimity, Fixity, non-irritability, adaptability, Humility, tenacity, integrity, nobility, magnanimity, charity, generosity, purity. Practise daily these eighteen "ities" You will soon attain immortality.

101. That everything throughout the world, everywhere, end to end, Is but a reflection of a ray cast from the face of The Friend.

102. That life is long which answers life's great end.

103. The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unforeseen attack.

104. The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore.

105. The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like him.

106. The Eternal is veiled by the real. The Spirit of life is The Eternal. Name and form are the real, and by them the Spirit is veiled.

107. The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.

108. The finest lives, in my opinion, are those who rank in the common model, and with the human race, but without miracle, without extravagance.

109. The fraction of life can be increased in value not so much by increasing your numerator as by lessening your denominator. Nay, unless my Algebra deceives me, unity itself divided by zero will give infinity.

110. The good life is the healthful life, the merry life. Life is health, joy, laughter.

111. The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

112. The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

113. The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.

114. The value of life itself cannot be estimated.

115. There is no wealth but life.

116. This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.

117. This span of life was lent for lofty duties, not for selfishness; not to be wiled away for aimless dreams, but to improve ourselves, and serve mankind.

118. Those who complain of the shortness of life, let it slide by them without wishing to seize and make the most of its golden moments.

119. Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, Although they come and go by day, Are like the smith's bellows: They take breath but are not alive.

120. Through life's road, so dim and dirty, I have dragged to three and thirty; What have these years left to me? Nothing, except thirty-three.

121. Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought!

122. To execute great things, one should live as though one would never die.

123. To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigour of youth.

124. We are always beginning to live, but are never living.

125. We are the voices of the wandering wind, Which moan for rest and rest can never find; Lo! as the wind is so is mortal life, A moan, a sigh, a sob, a storm, a strife.

126. We have two lives: The soul of man is like the rolling world, One half in day, the other dipt in night; The one has music and the flying cloud, The other, silence and the wakeful stars.

127. We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.

128. We should live as though our life would be both long and short.

129. We sleep, but the loom of life never stops and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up to-morrow.

130. Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.

131. Whatsoever quits the non-manifest, becomes active life; it is drawn into the vortex of the ONE, which is neither Spirit nor Matter, both being the absolute life, latent.

132. Who breathes must suffer; and who thinks must mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born.

133. Who knoweth if to die be but to live, And that called life by mortals be but death?

134. Whosoever knows others is clever. Whosoever knows himself is wise. Whosoever conquers others has force. Whosoever conquers himself is strong. Whosoever asserts himself has will-power. Whosoever is contented is rich. Whosoever does not lose his place has duration. Whosoever does not perish in death lives.

135. Would you live with ease, Do what you ought, and not what you please.

136. Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle; Old Age a regret.