Life and Existence

Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. God is Jesus.

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.

It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.

Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.

Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.

Death takes no bribes.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

The true object of all human life is play.

It's easy to let life deteriorate into making a living instead of making a life.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.