Life, Albert Einstein

Let us not forget that knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. ... I claim credit for nothing. Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insects as well as for the stars, Human beings, vegetables or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Life, Marty Rubin

I don't want to be the one who says life is beautiful. I want to be the one who feels it.

- Marty Rubin

Love, Gandhi

Where there is love there is life.

- Mahatma GANDHI (1869-1948)

Life, Milton Berle

I'd rather be a could - be if I cannot be an are; because a could - be is a maybe who is reaching for a star, I'd rather be a has - been than a might - have - been, by far; for a might have - been has never been, but a has was once an are.

- Milton Berle (1908-2002)

Happiness, Dalai Lama

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

- 14th Dalai Lama (1935- )

Life, Chuck Palahniuk

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. The goal is to create something that will.

- Chuck Palahniuk (1962- )

Life, Aaron Hotchner from Criminal minds

Hotch: "We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. The goal is to create something that will." Chuck Palahniuk

- Aaron Hotchner, Criminal minds, The Angel Maker [4.2]

Life, Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden from Fight Club (1999)

You have to consider the possibility that God does not like you, never wanted you, in all probability he hates you. It's not the worst thing that could happen.

- Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden from Fight Club (1999)

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Life, Hellenic Proverb

It will not always be summer.

- Hellenic Proverb

Life, Confucius (孔子)

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Life, Ally Mcbeal

The real truth is, I probably don't want to be too happy or content. Because, then what? I actually like the quest, the search. That's the fun. The more lost you are, the more you have to look forward to. What do you know? I'm having a great time and I don't even know it.

- Calista Kay Flockhart as Ally McBeal from Ally McBeal

Life, Chaim Topol as Reb Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

[to God] It may sound like I'm complaining, but I'm not. After all, with Your help, I'm starving to death. Oh, dear Lord. You made many many poor people. I realize, of course, it's no shame to be poor... but it's no great honor either. So what would be so terrible... if I had a small fortune?

- Chaim Topol as Reb Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Life, Confucius (孔子)

性相近也 習相遠也。

- 孔子

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Life, Barbra Streisand as Katie Morosky Gardiner from The Way We Were (1973)

Katie Morosky Gardiner: Wouldn't it be wonderful if we were old? We'd have survived all this. Everything thing would be uncomplicated, the way it was when we were young?
Hubbell Gardiner: Katie, it was never uncomplicated.

- Barbra Streisand as Katie Morosky Gardiner from The Way We Were (1973)

Life, Rico from Gunslinger Girl

Every morning, when I wake up, the first thought I have is: “I wonder if I still have my body.” What a relief! It still works. I can't describe in words how wonderful it is to have a body that works. I love my life at the Social Welfare Agency very much.

- Rico (リコ), Gunslinger Girl, Chapter 2: Love Thy Neighbor

Life, Confucius (孔子)

They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Virtue, Confucius (孔子)

仁遠乎哉 我欲仁斯仁至矣。

- 孔子 (551 BC–479 BC)

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.

- Confucius (孔子, 551 BC–479 BC)

Advice, Alan Ashley-Pitt

You have two choices in life: You can dissolve into the mainstream or you can be distinct... To be distinct, you must be different, you must strive to be what no one else but you can be.

- Alan Ashley-Pitt

Life, Elbert Hubbard

Life is just one damned thing after another.

- Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)

Life, Winnie the Pooh

If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.

- Winnie the Pooh