The object of life is the growth of the soul, not outward success of the hour or even of the near future  Sri Aurobindo    There is a meaning in each play of chance  Sri Aurobindo    Look life in the face from the soul's inner strength and become the master of circumstances Sri Aurobindo    Even as the water on the lotus leaf is extremely unsteady, so is life fickle in the extreme Sankaracharya    This life is short, the vanities of the world are transient, but they alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive  Swami Vivekananda    Life is a series of experiences. The experiencer comes in contact with the world of objects and ekes out for himself pleasure or pain, joy or sorrow, success or failure  Swami Chinmayananda    Life is a fascinating power which expresses itself through the mighty man as well as the scoundrel  Swami Chinmayananda    Life expresses itself in action, as death does in inaction  Swami Chinmayananda    Life and death are only different names for the same fact, the two sides of one coin  Swami Vivekananda    By their ceaseless movements the beams of fire remind us that activity is Life; stagnation is death  Zarathushtra    Our present life is a prelude to the future life. It is a pilgrimage of short duration to a higher life  Zarathushtra    Life is one eternal struggle between the forces of good and evil  Zarathushtra    The fabric of life with its warp and woof is woven upon the loom of righteousness Zarathushtra    Life is blank and empty when it is bereft of health  Zarathushtra    Live uncontaminated in the world, just like a lotus flower with its head above the muddy pool, or like a sea fowl that springs into the air with the wind, unaffected by water  Guru Nanak    Life grows shorter everyday. Earn here the profit of God's name; And in the next world you shall abide in happiness, And find an eternal home and return no more to this world Guru Nanak    How should one pass one's life ? As the fire in the hearth is stirred from time to time with a poker to make it burn brightly and prevent it from going out, so the mind should be occasionally invigorated by the society of the pious.  Sri Ramakrishna