Life

This day my heart seeks not
To count that which I never got.
Today, amidst the light and shade in my soul,
There plays that music still.
I did love this earth,
Yes I did love it.
And the memories of those flowers 
that blew in with the southern breeze
Still lingering on.

Rabindranath Tagore

Think of yourself in a concert hall listening to the strains of the sweetest music when you suddenly remember that you forgot to lock your car. You are anxious about the car, you cannot walk out of the hall and you cannot enjoy the music. Then you have a perfect image of life as it is lived by most human beings. For life to those who have the ear to hear is a symphony; but very, very rare indeed is the human being who hears the music. Why? Because they are busy listening to the noises that their conditioning and their programming have put in their heads.

Anthony De Mello

Developing an awareness of life beyond your immediate surroundings brings a healthy restlessness which, if infused with peace and used well, can be a foundation for positive change in the world.

Dadi Janki

Better a thousand times even a swiftly fading, ephemeral moment of life than the epoch-long unconsciousness of the stone.

Edwin Way Teale

For the complete life, the perfect pattern includes old age as well as youth and maturity.

Somerset Maugham

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

Socrates