We invite you to read quotes about life. Here are collected phrases, aphorisms, quotes about the lives of great people and ordinary people. Among the quotes about life there are quotes with deep meaning, sad, funny (funny), beautiful, relating to many aspects of life. Not all quotes have known authors. Some quotes are short and concise, others are long and extensive. Alone thoughts, sayings from the books of great people, from books that we read, others from Internet sources (statuses, articles), so a fairly significant collection of aphorisms about life gradually accumulated. We think that many people have such their own collections. And this is our collection of quotes and aphorisms that we like. Perhaps you will like some of them too. There are also famous phrases about life and modern sayings from life. "Life is beautiful" in prose. Wisdom of life, quotes from great people about life with meaning.
If you are looking for quotes about the lives of great people, thoughts of great people about life that are inspiring, motivating, interesting, or you need optimistic aphorisms with meaning, short and funny for status on social networks or cool sayings about life... In this collection there is everything, quotes about life for any occasion from great and not at all great, ordinary people.
Read them when you feel lonely, sad, heavy at heart, when you need support, help - wise quotes from great people remind you that our lives still depend only on us. Never give up and never let others give up on you.
We often lack time, but perhaps more than courage. And gradually the daily routine, like sand, slowly falls asleep on us, and under their weight we cannot raise our arms.
Sometimes some event literally paralyzes us and deprives us of strength.
It would seem that in order to get up and move on, you need very little - but we don’t have that “little” right now. We all have such moments, and therefore we share with you important and necessary words that will help us all move on. Quotes on the topic "Life as it is."
Aphorisms and quotes from great and ordinary people about life
♦ “People always blame the force of circumstances. I don’t believe in the force of circumstances. In this world, only those who look for the conditions they need and, if they don’t find them, create them themselves” succeed.Bernard Show
♦ We are like stars. Sometimes something tears us apart, and when it happens, we think we are dying, when in fact we are turning into a supernova. Self-awareness turns us into supernovas and we become more beautiful, better and brighter than our old selves.
♦ “When we touch another person, we either help him or hinder him. There is no third option: we either pull the person down or lift him up.” Washington
♦ "You have to learn from other people's mistakes. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself." Hyman George Rickover
♦ “Looking at the past, take off your hat; looking at the future, roll up your sleeves!”
♦ “Some things in life cannot be fixed. They can only be experienced.”
♦ “The most rewarding thing is to do what people think you will never do.” Arabic proverb
♦ “Don’t pay attention to small flaws; remember: you have big ones too.” Benjamin Franklin
♦ “No desire is given to you apart from the power that allows you to fulfill it.”
♦ "Don't be afraid of big expenses, be afraid of small incomes" John Rockefeller
♦ "The solution to some problems should not be accompanied by the emergence of others. This is a trap"
♦ “Worry does not eliminate tomorrow’s problems, but it takes away today’s peace.”
♦ “A person has two lives: the second begins when you realize that there is only one life...” Confucius
♦ "Every saint had a past, every sinner has a future"
♦ "All people bring happiness: some by their presence, others by their absence"
♦ "What cannot be corrected should not be mourned" Benjamin Franklin
♦ “If you buy what you don’t need, you will soon sell what you need.” Benjamin Franklin
♦ “Life does not use carbon copies, for everyone it composes its own plot, for which it has an author’s patent, endorsed by the highest authorities.”
♦ “Everything that is beautiful in this life is either immoral, illegal, or leads to obesity.” Oscar Wilde
♦ “We cannot stand people with the same shortcomings as us.” Oscar Wilde
♦ "Be yourself. Other roles are already taken" Oscar Wilde
♦ "Forgive your enemies - this is the best way to make them angry" Oscar Wilde
♦ "It's very dangerous to meet a woman who completely understands you. It usually ends in marriage." Oscar Wilde
♦ “In America, in the Rocky Mountains, I saw the only reasonable method of art criticism. In the bar there was a sign above the piano: “Don’t shoot the pianist - he’s doing the best he can.” Oscar Wilde
♦ "Successful people have fears, doubts, and anxieties. They just don't let those feelings stop them." T. Garv Ecker
♦ “Desire is a thousand ways, unwillingness is a thousand obstacles”
♦ “Happy is not the one who has a lot, but the one who has enough”
♦ “If your desires do not coincide with your capabilities, you need to either limit your desires or increase your capabilities.”
♦ "A man should feel that he is needed, and a woman should feel that she is cared for"
♦ “It is not at all necessary to be beautiful. It is important to be able to inspire that you are irresistible and charming, that you are the center of the earth, the navel of the universe. People so readily accept imposed opinions.”
♦ “Small towns have an amazing ability to retain those who linger here.”
♦ "Don't believe your eyes! They only see obstacles"
♦ “Whoever does not know which harbor he is sailing to, there is no favorable wind for him.” Seneca
♦ “You need to communicate only with those with whom you feel comfortable. The rest are free. Especially the unsympathetic ones are twice free.”
♦ "A person may not be born, but he must die"
♦ “If we don’t change the present, the future will not change. And if the present looks like a quagmire, nothing will pull us out of it, and the future will be just as sticky and faceless.”
♦ “Don’t judge another man’s roads until you’ve walked at least a mile in his moccasins.” Pueblo Indian Proverb
♦ “Whether a particular day will bring you more happiness or more sorrow depends largely on the strength of your determination. Whether every day of your life will be happy or unhappy is the work of your hands.” George Merriam
♦ “The main thing in a relationship is to bring joy, not to prove your individuality”
♦ "Genius lies in the ability to distinguish the difficult from the impossible" Napoleon Bonaparte
♦ “The biggest mistake is that we give up quickly, sometimes to get what you want you just have to try again.”
♦ “The greatest glory is not to never fail, but to be able to rise whenever you fall.” Confucius
♦ "It's easier to overcome bad habits today than tomorrow" Confucius
♦ "Every person has three characters: the one that is attributed to him; the one that he ascribes to himself; and, finally, the one that actually exists" Victor Hugo
♦ "The dead are valued according to their merits, the living - according to their financial means"
♦ “It’s hard to think with a full belly, but it’s loyal” Gabriel Laub
♦ "I have very simple tastes. The best always suits me" Oscar Wilde
♦ "Just because you're alone doesn't mean you're crazy" Stephen King
♦ Stephen King
♦ "Everyone has something like a dung shovel, with which in moments of stress and trouble you begin to dig into yourself, in your thoughts and feelings. Get rid of it. Burn it. Otherwise, the hole you dug will reach the depths of the subconscious, and then at night you will come out of it the dead will come out" Stephen King
♦ “People think that they can’t do a lot of things, and then suddenly they discover that they really can when they find themselves in a hopeless situation.” Stephen King
♦ "There is a test to determine whether your mission on earth is over or not. If you are still alive, then it is not over." Richard Bach
♦ “Never feel sorry for yourself and don’t let anyone do it”
♦ "You're braver than you think. Stronger than you look. And smarter than you think." - Alan Milne "Winnie the Pooh and all, all, all."
♦ “Sometimes it happens that very small things take up a lot of space in the heart,” Alan Milne "Winnie the Pooh and all-all-all".
♦ “Looking back on my experience, I remember the story of an old man who, on his deathbed, said that his life was full of troubles, most of which never happened.” Winston Churchill
♦ “A successful person is one who is able to build a strong foundation from the stones that others throw at him.” David Brinkley
♦ “When you get scared, don’t run, otherwise you’ll end up running endlessly.”
♦ Strangers come to feast, and our own people come to grieve.
♦ They don’t spit up.
♦ Do not detain the one leaving, do not drive away the one who has arrived.
♦ It is better to be the enemy of a good person than the friend of a bad one.
♦ “A vital ingredient to success is not knowing that what you set out to do cannot be accomplished.”
♦ "Humans are interesting creatures. In a world full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom." Sir Terence Pratchett, English satirist
♦ “A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, but an optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” Winston Churchill
♦ “Even a big failure is not a disaster, but simply a turn of fate, and sometimes in the right direction.”
♦ “Even in times of terrible tragedy and crisis, there is no reason to add to the suffering of others by appearing unhappy.”
♦ “Everyone has their own secret, personal world.
There is the best moment in this world,
There is the most terrible hour in this world,
But all this is unknown to us..."
♦ "Set big goals - they're harder to miss"
♦ “Of all the paths, choose the most difficult one - there you will not meet competitors”
♦ “In life, like in the rain, one day there comes a moment when it just doesn’t matter anymore”
♦ “It doesn’t matter how slowly you go, as long as you don’t stop.” Bruce Lee
♦ "No one dies a virgin. Life fucks everyone" Kurt Cobain
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♦ “If you fail, you will be disappointed; if you give up, you will be doomed.” Beverly Hills
♦ "The most important thing is to do at least something to achieve success, and do it right now. This is the most important secret - despite all its simplicity. Everyone has amazing ideas, but rarely does anyone do anything to implement them in practice, right now. Not tomorrow. Not in a week. Now. An entrepreneur who achieves success is one who acts, and does not slow down, and acts right now" Nolan Bushnell
♦ “When you see a successful business, it means someone once made a bold decision.” Peter Drucker
♦ “Each person has his own price for happiness, a billionaire needs a second billion, a millionaire needs a billion, an ordinary person needs a normal salary, a homeless person needs a house, an orphan needs parents, a single woman needs a man, a lonely man needs unlimited Internet.”
♦ "People either poison each other's lives or fuel it"
♦ “You can buy a house, but not a hearth;
you can buy a bed, but not a dream;
you can buy a watch, but not time;
you can buy a book, but not knowledge;
you can buy position, but not respect;
you can pay for a doctor, but not for health;
you can buy a soul, but not a life;
You can buy sex, but not love" Coelho Paulo
♦ “Don’t be afraid to make big plans, set high goals and leave your comfort zone! It’s normal to feel discomfort when you change. By doing what is perceived as discomfort, we grow and develop. Train yourself to go beyond the usual, “swim beyond the buoys” ", expand your comfort zone!"
♦ “No matter what life circumstances you find yourself in, you shouldn’t blame the people around you for it, much less be discouraged. It’s important to understand not why, but why you found yourself in this particular situation, and it will definitely serve you well.”
♦ "If you want something you don't have, you'll have to do something you haven't done before" Coco Chanel
♦ "If you don't make mistakes, then you're not doing anything new"
♦ “If something can be misunderstood, it will be misunderstood.”
♦ “There are three types of idleness: doing nothing, doing poorly, and doing the wrong thing.”
♦ “If you are in doubt about the road, take a travel companion; if you are sure, go alone.”
♦ "The insurmountable difficulty is death. Everything else is completely solvable"
♦ “Never be afraid to do something you don’t know how to do. Remember, the Ark was built by an amateur. Professionals built the Titanic.”
♦ “When a woman says that she has nothing to wear, it means that everything new has run out. When a man says that he has nothing to wear, it means that everything clean has run out.”
♦ “If your relatives or friends don’t call you for a long time, it means everything is fine with them.”
♦ “Penguins were given wings not to fly, but to simply have them. Some people have that with their brains.”
♦ "There are three reasons for no-show: forgot, drank or scored"
♦ “Mosquitoes are much more humane than some women; if a mosquito drinks your blood, at least it stops buzzing.”
♦ "Life isn't fair. That's why mosquitoes drink blood and not fat?"
♦ "The lottery is the most accurate way to count the number of optimists"
♦ "About wives: There is only a moment between the past and the future. It is called life"
♦ “It’s not enough to know your worth—you also have to be in demand.”
♦ "It's a shame when your dreams come true for others!"
♦ “There is this type of woman - you respect them, admire them, stand in awe of them, but from a distance. If they try to get closer, you have to fight them off with a baton.”
♦ “A man’s character can best be judged by how he behaves with people who can’t help him in any way, and with people who can’t fight back.” Abigail Van Beuren
♦ “Weak natures behave extremely domineeringly towards those whom they find even weaker.” Etienne Rey
♦ "Don't envy someone who is stronger and richer.
3and sunset always comes with dawn.
With this short life, equal to a sigh,
Treat it like it’s rented to you.” Khayyam Omar
♦ "The next line always moves faster" Ettore's observation
♦ "If nothing else helps, finally read the instructions!" Axiom of Kahn and Orben
♦ “When you need to knock on wood, you discover that the world is made of aluminum and plastic.” Flagg's Law
♦ "What you keep long enough can be thrown away. Once you throw something away, you'll need it." Richard's Rule of Interdependence
♦ “Whatever happened to you, it all happened to someone you know, only it was worse.” Meader's Law
♦ “A real intellectual will never say “you are a fool”; he will say “you are not qualified enough to criticize me.”
♦ "The way we look at life depends on us. Sometimes by changing the point of view on the angle of inclination, you can change everything. And most importantly: it takes less than three days to create this habit. So, optimists are not born, but become. In our "You can train yourself to find something good in everything. Or as the Chinese say, always look at things on the bright side, and if there are none, rub the dark ones until they shine"
♦ "The prince did not come. So Snow White spat out the apple, woke up, went to work, got insurance and made a test tube baby."
♦ "I don't believe in email. I stick to the old traditions. I prefer to call and hang up."
♦ “The key to happiness is to dream, the key to success is to turn dreams into reality.” James Allen
♦ “You learn fastest in three cases: before the age of 7, during trainings, and when life has driven you into a corner.” S. Covey
♦ "You don't need hearing to sing karaoke. You need good eyesight and no conscience..."
♦ “If you want to build a ship, then do not call people to gather wood with the beating of drums, do not distribute work among them and do not give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the endless expanse of the sea.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
♦ "Sell a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, teach him to fish and you'll ruin a great business opportunity." Karl Marx
♦ "If they give you a left hook, you can answer with a right hook, but it's better to hit you in the balls. Don't play the same games."
♦ "If you think you're too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito at night." Dalai Lama
♦ "The biggest liars in the world are often our own fears." Rudyard Kipling
♦ "Don't think about how to do something better. Think about how to do it differently."
♦ "Someone once said that there are no uninteresting things in the world. There are only uninterested people" William F.
♦ "Everyone wants to change humanity, but no one thinks about how to change themselves" Lev Tolstoy
♦ "All happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" Lev Tolstoy
♦ "Strong people are always simple" Lev Tolstoy
♦ “It always seems that they love us because we are so good. But we don’t realize that they love us because those who love us are good.” Lev Tolstoy
♦ "I don't have everything I love. But I love everything I have." Lev Tolstoy
♦ “The world moves forward because of those who suffer” Lev Tolstoy
♦ "The greatest truths are the simplest" Lev Tolstoy
♦ “Evil is only inside us, that is, where it can be taken out from” Lev Tolstoy
♦ "A person should always be happy; if happiness ends, look where you went wrong" Lev Tolstoy
♦ "Everyone is making plans, and no one knows whether he will survive until the evening" Lev Tolstoy
♦ “Don’t forget that compared to eternity, all these are seeds”
♦ "If a problem can be solved with money, then it's not a problem. It's just an expense." G. Ford
♦ “Even a fool can produce a product, but it takes brains to sell it.”
♦ "If you don't get better, you get worse"
♦ "An optimist sees every difficulty as an opportunity. A pessimist sees every opportunity as a difficulty." G. Grief
♦ “One of the American astronauts once said: “What really makes you think is that you are flying in outer space on a ship built from materials purchased in tenders at the lowest prices.”
♦ "True education is achieved through self-education"
♦ “If you make decisions the way your heart tells you, you will end up with heart disease.”
♦ “It doesn’t matter how many buckets of milk you spill, it’s important not to lose the cow.”
♦ “You cannot demand from dirt that it not be dirt.” Anton Chekhov
♦ “If you don’t know what you feel for a person, close your eyes and imagine: he is not there. Nowhere. He never was and never will be. Then everything will become clear” ( Anton Chekhov)
♦ "The most important thing, the most important thing - do not humiliate your loved one. It is better to say: “My angel!”, and not “Fool” ( Anton Chekhov)
♦ “Don’t try to work in one place until you are retired with a gold watch. Find something you like to do and make sure it brings you income.”
♦ "We don't have money, so we have to think"
♦ "A woman will always be dependent until she has her own wallet"
♦ “Money doesn’t buy happiness, but it makes it much more pleasant to be unhappy.” Claire Booth Loos
♦ And in joy and sorrow, no matter what the stress, keep your brains, tongue and weight under control!
♦ "Don't regret the past, don't be afraid of the future and enjoy the present"
♦ “The ship is safer in port, but that’s not what it was built for.” Grace Hopper
♦ “Until the age of eighteen, a woman needs good parents, from eighteen to thirty-five, good looks, from thirty-five to fifty-five, good character, and after fifty-five, good money.” Sophie Tucker
♦ “A smart person doesn’t make all the mistakes himself—he gives others a chance.” Winston Churchill
♦ "In life, everything is relative, and you cannot experience only the ups, without the downs. Everyone is born at the right time and in the right place. The only problem is to recognize the opportunity when it appears in sight, and before it will disappear"
♦ “You can never judge what’s on a person’s mind by what he says.”
♦ “Do what you are afraid to do, and do it until you achieve a number of successes at it.”
♦ “Despair is largely a product of idleness. Active actions keep a person youthful, daring and successful!”
♦ "I often make mistakes, but it is very difficult for me to prove it"
♦ "If you're going through hell, don't stop walking" Inston Churchill
♦ "Life begins where your comfort zone ends"
♦ "Limited thinking produces limited results. The result is your way of life, your experiences and your possessions. What you say programs what will happen to you. Your words create either the life you want or the life you don't want." "As long as you act as you usually do, you will get the same result that you usually get. If you are not happy with this, you need to change your way of doing things." Zig Ziglar
♦ “You can’t try. You can only do it or not do it.“I’ll try” is just an excuse for not doing it. Give it up. Want to improve your life? Do something!"
♦ "Be present in your present, otherwise you will miss your life" Buddha
♦ “The more grateful you are for what you have, the more you will have to be grateful for.” Zig Ziglar
♦ "It's not what happens to you that matters, but what you do about it"
♦ “Come to terms with it! We are all different. This is what makes life fun and interesting, and helps avoid boredom.”
♦ “As long as you are concerned about what other people will say about you, you are at their mercy.” Neil Donald Welsh
♦ "Strive to give more than is expected of you. Be nicer than expected of you. Serve people better than expected of you. Surprise people by treating them better than they expect of you."
♦ "Neighbors should be seen, but not heard"
♦ “Mistakes are not bad when you learn, Mistakes when you make are not important, But mistakes are bad when you repeat.”
♦ "Life is like riding a bicycle. The slower you go, the harder it is to pedal and maintain balance."
♦ "Collect all the money you want to spend on doctors, psychics, medicines and buy yourself a tracksuit, sneakers and start exercising!"
♦ "The main enemy of man is television. Instead of loving, suffering and enjoying ourselves, we watch how they do it for us on the screen"
♦ “Don’t clutter your memory with grievances, otherwise there may be no room left for beautiful moments.” Fedor Dostoevsky
♦ “When you’ve been betrayed, it’s like having your arms broken... You can forgive, but you can’t hug.” L. N. Tolstoy
♦ “Don’t tire yourself out thinking about what others think of you.”
♦ “Life is lost by those who have not prepared themselves for old age. And old age is not age, but, first of all, the loss of muscle tissue. For many, it begins at the age of 20. And the less a person monitors his physical form, the worse his mental state, the more he is more dominated by negative emotions. I have a half-joking formula: give your youth and youth to your homeland, and leave old age for yourself. So, I say: do not leave illnesses for yourself. Enter old age as a joy. When you have done everything and can simply enjoy life. Then this is real old age, which brings satisfaction. Everyone needs a person, he shares his experience, and does not complain about endless sores. Pain always interferes with life"
♦ "Happiness is when nothing hurts"
♦ "It's very easy to solve other people's problems..." Consultant principle
♦ “The difference between a warrior and an ordinary person is that a warrior sees everything as a challenge, while an ordinary person sees everything as luck or bad luck.” “To make progress you need to course correct.”
♦ “When you begin to peer into an abyss for a long time, the abyss begins to peer into you.” Nietzsche
♦ "In a battle of elephants, the ants get the worst of it" Old American Proverb
♦ “We shouldn’t let our past program our present and future.”
♦ “If God delays, this does not mean that he refuses”
♦ “Your own decisions, not circumstances, determine your destiny.” Helen Keller
♦ "Someday you'll look back and you'll laugh."
♦ "Aging does not depend on age, but on lack of movement. And a critical lack of movement is death"
♦ “Most of us create many ways to feel bad, and very few ways to feel truly good.”
♦ “In Chinese, the word “crisis” consists of two characters - one means danger and the other means opportunity.” John F. Kennedy
♦ "Anything that does not give pleasure is called work" Bertolt Brecht
♦ “There are people who will see the speck in someone else’s eye without seeing the beam in their own.” Bertolt Brecht
♦ “Having taken inventory of your internal reserves and shortcomings, you will discover that your most vulnerable point is your lack of self-confidence.”
♦ “Life is a chessboard, and time is against you. While you hesitate and evade moves, time eats the pieces. You are playing with an opponent who does not forgive indecision!”
♦ “Remember, there are no unsolvable problems. At the moment when you think that there is no way out, remember that you are the producer of your life. And solve this problem.”
♦ "The world is too small to have the luxury of making enemies"
♦ "The only people who don't have problems are dead people"
♦ "Good wood does not grow in silence: the stronger the winds, the stronger the trees" J. Willard Marriott
♦ “The brain itself is vast. It can be equally the seat of heaven and hell.” John Milton
♦ “Success and failure are usually not the result of one single event. Failure is the result of not making the right call, not going that last mile, not saying “I love you” on time. Just as failure is the result of unimportant decisions, and success comes through initiative, perseverance and the ability to express your love."
♦ "Don't worry about many things and you will outlive many people"
♦ “A person doesn’t even think about what he lacks until others boast.”
♦ “Find time to work, this is a condition for success.
Take time to reflect, it is a source of strength.
Find time to play, this is the secret of youth.
Find time to read, this is the basis of knowledge.
Find time for Friendship, this is a condition for happiness.
Find time to dream, this is the path to the stars.
Find time for love, this is the true joy of life."
♦ “The more often your brains are straightened, the more they become askew”
♦ "Real men have a happy woman, others have a strong woman..."
♦ “People immediately notice when you change your attitude towards them... But they don’t notice that the reason for this was their own behavior.”
♦ "He who works all day has no time to earn money" John D. Rockefeller
♦ "Many people like being single much better than putting up with other people's antics..."
♦ "When a thief has nothing to steal, he pretends to be honest"
♦ "A correct decision made late is a mistake" Lee Iacocca
♦ "Make your way forward: nothing in the world can replace perseverance. Talent cannot replace it - there is nothing more common than talented losers. Genius cannot replace it - unrealized genius has already become the talk of the town. It cannot be replaced by a good education - the world is full of educated outcasts. Only perseverance and perseverance" Ray Kroc, entrepreneur, restaurateur
♦ “Don’t offend those who love you... They’ve already got it their way”
♦ "Three phrases that cause panic:
1. It won't hurt.
2. I want to talk to you seriously...
3. The login or password is incorrect..."
♦ “The rarest kind of friendship is friendship with your own head”
♦ "Even the strangest people can come in handy someday"
♦ “Sometimes a good cry is what you need to grow.” Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ “It is not at all necessary to adapt to someone” Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ "Everyone needs a good story to be told from time to time" Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ "We are all responsible for those smaller than us." Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ “Even the saddest things are no longer the saddest if you treat them correctly.” Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ "When you're drunk, the world is still out there, but at least it's not holding you by the throat." Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ “I don’t believe that you can change the world for the better. I believe that you can try not to make it worse.” Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ “If you managed to deceive a person, it does not mean that he is a fool, it means that you were trusted more than you deserve.” Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ "Act and move as if you are calm, strong, cheerful, etc. - all depending on your specific goal - and you will become calm, strong, cheerful. The more you practice and develop this skill, the stronger it becomes." Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ “Remember, nothing lasts forever, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth it.” Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ "The only way to live is to live. Tell yourself, 'I can do this,' even though you know you can't." Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ “Time heals everything, whether you like it or not. Time heals everything, takes everything away, leaving only darkness in the end. Sometimes in this darkness we meet others, and sometimes we lose them there again.” Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ “If you are unable to love anyone today, at least try not to offend anyone.” Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ “I recently realized what email is for—to communicate with people you don’t want to talk to.” George Carlin
♦ “Live as if this day is your last, and one day it will turn out to be so. And you will be fully armed.” George Carlin
♦ “Before you have time to find the meaning of life, it has already been changed” George Carlin
♦ “If you can’t say anything good about someone, that’s not a reason to remain silent!” George Carlin
♦ "Keep learning. Learn more about computers, crafts, gardening - anything. Never leave your brain idle. "An idle brain is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer." George Carlin
♦ “Home is where our junk is stored while we are away from home to get more junk.” George Carlin
♦ "The principle of "an eye for an eye" will make the whole world blind" Mahatma Gandhi
♦ "The world is large enough to satisfy the needs of every person, but too small to satisfy human greed" Mahatma Gandhi
♦ “If you want change in the future, be that change in the present.”
♦ "The weak never forgive. Forgiveness is the property of the strong" Mahatma Gandhi
♦ “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals.” Mahatma Gandhi
♦ “It has always been a mystery to me: how people can respect themselves by humiliating people like themselves.” Mahatma Gandhi
♦ "Find a goal - resources will be found" Mahatma Gandhi
♦ "The only way to live is to let others live" Mahatma Gandhi
♦ “I only count on the good in people. I myself am not without sin, and therefore I do not consider myself to have the right to focus on the mistakes of others.” Mahatma Gandhi
♦ "No" said with deep conviction is better than "yes" said only to please or, worse, to avoid problems." Mahatma Gandhi
♦ “Evil, as a rule, does not sleep and, accordingly, has little understanding of why anyone should sleep at all.” Science fiction writer Neil Gaiman
♦ “History teaches us at least that things can always be worse.” Science fiction writer Neil Gaiman
♦ “People think they will be happy if they move to another place, but then it turns out that wherever you move, you take yourself with you.” Science fiction writer Neil Gaiman
♦ “All people do the same things. They may think that they sin in a unique way, but for the most part there is nothing original in their little dirty tricks.” Science fiction writer Neil Gaiman
♦ “A lot of things are hard to forgive, but one day you turn around and you have no one left.” Science fiction writer Neil Gaiman
♦ “Even at the very bottom there are holes into which you can fall” Science fiction writer Neil Gaiman
♦ “Coming into a world full of troubles and dangers, a person devotes the lion’s share of his energy to making it even worse.” Science fiction writer Neil Gaiman
♦ "I hate advice - everyone except my own"
♦ “You may hit me with the truth, but never pity me with a lie.” Actor, director, screenwriter and producer Jack Nicholson
♦ “Never give anyone your “best” advice because they are not going to follow it.” Actor, director, screenwriter and producer Jack Nicholson
♦ "Loneliness is a great luxury" Actor, director, screenwriter and producer Jack Nicholson
♦ “The older you are, the stronger the wind becomes - and it’s always headwind.” Actor, director, screenwriter and producer Jack Nicholson
♦ “If you want to collect honey, don’t ruin the hive”
♦ "If fate gives you a lemon, make lemonade out of it" Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ "When a person starts a war with himself, he is already worth something" Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ “Of course, your husband has his faults! If he were a saint, he would never have married you.” Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ "Keep busy. This is the cheapest medicine on earth - and one of the most effective." Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ “The expression you wear on your face is much more important than the clothes you put on yourself.” Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ “If you want to change people, start with yourself. It’s both more useful and safer.” Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ "Do not be afraid of enemies who attack you, be afraid of friends who flatter you" Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ “Act as if you are already happy and you will actually become happier.” Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ “There is only one way to earn love in this world - stop demanding it and start giving love without expecting gratitude.” Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ “Prayer must remain unanswered, otherwise it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence.”
♦ "The world is divided into two classes - some believe in the incredible, others do the impossible" Writer and playwright Oscar Wilde
♦ "Moderation is a fatal quality. Only extremes lead to success" Writer and playwright Oscar Wilde
♦ "Great success always requires some unscrupulousness" Writer and playwright Oscar Wilde
♦ “People call their mistakes experience” Writer and playwright Oscar Wilde
♦ "Be yourself, the rest of the roles are taken" Writer and playwright Oscar Wilde
♦ “Our biggest problems come from avoiding the small ones.”
♦ "An army of rams led by a lion is stronger than an army of lions led by a ram."
♦ “If you expect gratitude for good, you are not giving good, you are selling it...” Omar Khayyam
♦ “No one can go back in time and change their start. But everyone can start now and change their finish.”
♦ “Happy is not the one who has the best, but the one who makes the best of what he has.”
♦ “The problem with this world is that educated people are full of doubts, but idiots are full of confidence.”
♦ “Three things never come back - time, words, opportunity. Therefore: don’t waste time, choose your words, don’t miss the opportunity.” Confucius
♦ “The world is made up of slackers who want to have money without working, and idiots who are willing to work without getting rich.” Bernard Show
♦ "Dance is the vertical expression of horizontal desire" Bernard Show
♦ “Hatred is a coward’s revenge for the fear he has experienced.” Bernard Show
♦ “To be able to endure solitude and enjoy it is a great gift.” Bernard Show
♦ Bernard Show
♦ "Try to get what you love, otherwise you will have to love what you got" Bernard Show
♦ "Getting old is boring, but it's the only way to live long" Bernard Show
♦ “The only lesson that can be learned from history is that people learn no lessons from history.” Bernard Show
♦ “Democracy is a balloon that hangs over your heads and makes you stare up while other people go through your pockets.” Bernard Show
♦ “Sometimes you have to make people laugh to distract them from hanging you.” Bernard Show
♦ “The greatest sin towards one’s neighbor is not hatred, but indifference; this is truly the pinnacle of inhumanity.” Bernard Show
♦ “It’s easier to live with a passionate woman than with a boring one. True, they are sometimes smothered, but they are rarely abandoned.” Bernard Show
♦ “The one who knows how, does it; the one who doesn’t know how, teaches others.” Bernard Show
♦ "Try to get what you love, otherwise you will have to love what you got" Bernard Show
♦ “Ranks and titles were invented for those whose services to the country are indisputable, but are unknown to the people of this country.” Bernard Show
♦ “Rich men who lack convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women who lack morals.” Bernard Show
♦ “Now that we have learned to fly through the air like birds, to swim under water like fish, we lack only one thing: to learn to live on earth like people.” Bernard Show
♦ "To be happy, you must live in your own paradise! Did you really think that the same paradise could satisfy all people without exception?” Mark Twain
♦ "Once you give your word that you won’t do something, you will certainly want to do it.” Mark Twain
♦ "Summer is the time of year when it is very hot to do things that were very cold to do in winter." Mark Twain
♦ "The worst loneliness is when a person is uncomfortable with himself." Mark Twain
♦ "Once in a lifetime, fortune knocks on every person's door, but at this time a person often sits in the nearest pub and does not hear any knocking." Mark Twain
♦ "Being good wears out a person so much!” Mark Twain
♦ "I have been praised a great many times, and I have always been embarrassed; I felt every time that more could have been said" Mark Twain
♦ "It is better to remain silent and appear a fool than to speak up and dispel all doubts." Mark Twain
♦ "If you need money, go to strangers; if you need advice, go to your friends; and if you don’t need anything, go to your relatives" Mark Twain
♦ "The truth should be served like a coat, not thrown in your face like a wet towel." Mark Twain
♦ "Always do the right thing. It will please some people and surprise everyone else." Mark Twain
♦ "Buy land - after all, no one produces it anymore." Mark Twain
♦ "Never argue with idiots. You will sink to their level, where they will crush you with their experience." Mark Twain
♦ "The greatest happiness that can happen in life is a happy childhood" Agatha Christie
♦ "You don't know if you can or not until you try" Agatha Christie
♦ “The fact that the alarm clock did not ring has already changed many human destinies.” Agatha Christie
♦ "You can't judge a person without listening to him" Agatha Christie
♦ "There is nothing more tiresome than a man who is always right" Agatha Christie
♦ “Every mutual affection between a man and a woman begins with the stunning illusion that you think the same about everything in the world.” Agatha Christie
♦ “There is a saying that you must either speak well of the dead or nothing. In my opinion, this is stupidity. The truth always remains the truth. For that matter, you need to restrain yourself when talking about the living. They can be offended - unlike the dead.” Agatha Christie
♦ "The smart ones don't get offended, they draw conclusions" Agatha Christie
♦ "It's hard to make history, but it's easy to get into trouble" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "The highest degree of embarrassment is two glances meeting through a keyhole" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "An optimist believes that we live in the best of all worlds. A pessimist fears that we do." M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Everything is going well, just passing by" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ “You want everything at once, but you get nothing gradually” M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "In the beginning was the Word.... However, judging by how events developed further, the Word was unprintable" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Wisdom does not always come with age. Sometimes age comes alone" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "A clear conscience is a sign of bad memory" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ “You can’t forbid a beautiful life. But you can hinder it.” M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Good always defeats evil, which means whoever wins is good" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ “Have you seen a person who never lies? It’s hard to see him, everyone avoids him.” M. Zhvanetsky
♦ “You can easily recognize a decent person by how clumsily he does mean things.” M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Thinking is so difficult, that's why most people judge" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "People are divided into those who can be relied on and those who need to be relied upon" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ “If someone appears ready to move mountains, others will surely follow him, ready to break his neck.” M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Every person is the smith of his own happiness and the anvil of someone else's" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Born to crawl, he can crawl everywhere" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "In some, both hemispheres are protected by the skull, in others - by pants" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Some look brave because they are afraid to run away" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "It's hard to be the last bitch - there's always someone behind you!" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Life is short. And you have to be able to. You have to be able to leave a bad movie. Throw away a bad book. Leave a bad person. There are many of them." M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Nothing hurts a person more than the fragments of his own happiness" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ “Well, at least five minutes a day, think badly about yourself. When people think badly about you, that’s one thing... But think about yourself for five minutes a day... It’s like thirty minutes of running.” M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Never exaggerate the stupidity of your enemies or the loyalty of your friends" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Being elegant doesn't mean being conspicuous, it means being memorable" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Hardening on the opinions of others ensures a calm and happy life" Faina Ranevskaya
♦ “Everything pleasant in this world is either harmful, immoral, or leads to obesity.” Faina Ranevskaya
♦ “It’s better to be a good person who “swears” than a quiet, well-mannered creature” Faina Ranevskaya
♦ "There are people in whom God lives. There are people in whom the devil lives. And there are people in whom only worms live." Faina Ranevskaya
♦ “You have to live in such a way that even the bastards remember you!” Faina Ranevskaya
♦ “If a patient really wants to live, doctors are powerless” Faina Ranevskaya
♦ “No matter how you look at it, there is only one woman in a man’s life. All the others are her shadows...” Coco Chanel
♦ "I don't care what you think about me. I don't think about you at all." Coco Chanel
♦ "There are no ugly women, only lazy ones" Coco Chanel
♦ "A woman worries about the future until she gets married. A man doesn't worry about the future until he gets married." Coco Chanel
♦ “To restrain yourself when it’s offensive, and not to make a scene when it’s painful - that’s what an ideal woman is.” Coco Chanel
♦ "Everything is in our hands, so they can not be omitted" Coco Chanel
♦ “Genuine happiness is inexpensive: if you have to pay a high price for it, then it is fake.” Coco Chanel
♦ "If you were born without wings, don't stop them from growing" Coco Chanel
♦ "Hands are a girl's business card; Neck is her passport; Breasts are her international passport" Coco Chanel
♦ “The more perfect a person is on the outside, the more demons he has inside...” Sigmund Freud
♦ “We do not choose each other by chance... We meet only those who already exist in our subconscious” Sigmund Freud
♦ “Unfortunately, suppressed emotions do not die. They were silenced. And they continue to influence a person from the inside.” Sigmund Freud
♦ “The task of making man happy was not part of the plan of creation of the world” Sigmund Freud
♦ “You never stop looking for strength and confidence outside, but you should look within yourself. They have always been there.” Sigmund Freud
♦ “Most people don’t really want freedom because it comes with responsibility, and most people are afraid of responsibility.” Sigmund Freud
♦ “Idlers rarely visit a busy person; flies don’t fly to a boiling pot.” Sigmund Freud
♦ “The scale of your personality is determined by the magnitude of the problem that can piss you off” Sigmund Freud
♦ "Everyone dreams, but each one differently. Those who dream in the dark depths of the night, in the morning they see that their dreams have crumbled to dust. But those who dream in reality, with their eyes open, are dangerous people, because they can make dreams come true in real" Thomas Lawrence
♦ “Life gives us raw material: but it’s up to us which of the available opportunities to take and how to use them.”
♦ "The skill of a pilot and his desire to survive are revealed only when the autopilot is turned off. So try to take the helm and start managing your life. It's much more interesting this way."
♦ "Another day, another opportunity!" Nick Vujicic
♦ “In a stressful situation, when you feel unable to gather your strength, it is very important to separate what happened to you from what is happening inside you.” Nick Vujicic
♦ “Those who consider themselves failures are people who don’t realize how close they were to success when they folded their arms and gave up.” Nick Vujicic
♦ "Think of your attitude towards the world as a remote control. If you don't like the program you're watching, you simply grab the remote control and switch the TV to another program. The same with your attitude towards life: when you are unhappy with the result, change your approach, regardless of what problem you are facing" Nick Vujicic
♦ “There are many problems in the world that have not affected me. I am sure that my life is a thousand times easier than the life of many people.” Nick Vujicic
♦ “When you are not ready to accept yourself, you are even less ready to accept other people.” Nick Vujicic
♦ “If no one answers, knock on several doors at once.” Nick Vujicic
♦ "Be a friend when you need friends. Give hope when you need it" Nick Vujicic
♦ If a person close to you has pain in his heart and emptiness in his soul...
People tend to make mistakes
People tend to hurt themselves
Bare heart on a bare stone,
And then the wound remains -
A heavy scar remains
And not a bit of love. Not a gram.
A man freezes in silence
People are starting to run away
And icy wolf melancholy
In the middle of the night he knocks.
He won't fall asleep again until dawn,
He will crumple cigarettes in his fingers.
There's no point in waiting for an answer
To made up questions.
He won't say a word now
He is all in distant thoughts somewhere.
Don't judge him harshly
Don't blame him for this.
Don’t be overly invigorated in front of him,
Don't teach him patience -
All examples you know
They will be forgotten, unfortunately.
He went deaf from extreme pain,
From furry animal misfortune.
He is sad - gray with salt -
I met you on a long road.
He's frozen. Forever? Who knows!
And there seems to be no way out
But one day he too will thaw,
As nature told him.
Gradually, changing colors,
Imperceptibly changing rhythms,
From the cold season of January
In the blue weather of May.
You see - snakes change their skin,
You see, the bird changes its feathers.
It's happiness that pain can't
It always nests in a person.
He will wake up early one day
Knead the silence like dough.
Where the wound used to hurt,
It will just be a smooth place.
And then through the city to summer,
Running along the main street,
The man will smile at the light
And hug him like an equal. (Sergey Ostrovoy)
Very small stories-parables about life
- One day, all the villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer, all the people gathered, but only one boy came with an umbrella. This is FAITH.
- When you throw kids in the air, they laugh because they know you'll catch them. This is TRUST.
- Every night when we go to bed, we're not sure we'll be alive the next morning, but we set the alarm anyway. This is HOPE.
- We plan big things for tomorrow, despite the fact that we know nothing about the future. This is CONFIDENCE.
- We see that the world is suffering, but we still get married and have children. This is Love.
- On the old man’s T-shirt is written the phrase: “I’m not 80, I’m 16 wonderful years plus 64 years of accumulated experience.” This is a POSITION.
We wish you to be happy and live in accordance with these little stories!
And finally, a few more good thoughts, quotes, advice about life and about life:
♦ “The essence of this lifestyle is not to build endless imaginary alternative scenarios of events happening to us and not to produce endless “could have been...”, “if only it was”, “it’s a pity that it’s not” and “it would be more correct” "Instead, we should try to get maximum pleasure from what we have here and now." Writer Vladimir Yakovlev
♦ “When you feel bad, find someone who is even worse and help him. You will feel better.” How simple it sounds! But why go and help someone if I feel bad?
My wife left me, my children forgot, I was kicked out of work - my life is falling apart! Everything is bad. But if you find a person who needs your help, if he is worse off than you, your adversity will move aside. By dealing with the pain and problems of another person, you switch and forget about your difficulties and adversities.
Remember: negative emotions accumulate, positive ones do not. Helping someone else gives you positive emotions. You helped, you see: your help was needed. You were able to, you took part in someone else's fate. When you feel bad, find someone who is even worse and help him - you will feel better.
♦ "Live in the present and use it to shape your future to your liking. If you don't change now, the future won't get better. If you are passive and inactive, who will help you? Ultimately, everything depends on you. If circumstances do not spoil you, do not give up, but plan, plan and plan again. Do everything in your power, and luck will come to you - it comes to everyone, to everyone who wants it. This is the law of life. And also, do not delay for tomorrow what you can do today. God help you"
♦ “The past is already over, this thought must be accepted. There is only the present and also the future, which we are creating now. Therefore, the past must be understood, accepted and forgiven. Let go of your past from the present back to the past, that’s where it belongs” Psychologist Andrei Kurpatov (Bestseller “Happy of my own free will”)
♦ “Just retire and list everything you have, what you believe, remember everyone you loved and love. And remember that above your head there is always a huge endless sky and the sun, however, sometimes it is hidden from us by clouds, but this is temporary, and it is still there, even if it is not visible now. Think about what you have, and then you will understand what you need." Psychologist Andrei Kurpatov (Bestseller “Happy of my own free will”)
♦ “Perhaps you demand from life that your desires be fulfilled? But these demands are also absurd, we can only rely on ourselves and do what depends on us, and the result is always a confluence of many circumstances, the demands here are meaningless. And finally ", the third area where your demands can lead to unnecessary problems: maybe you are very demanding of yourself? You need to rely on yourself, not demand" Psychologist Andrei Kurpatov (Bestseller “Happy of my own free will”)
♦ "Remember - fear loves those who look into the future, instead of relying on the present. Fear loves those who feed on dreams, instead of doing what he can do under the conditions that exist at the moment. So "Don't wait for the situation to change, then you will no longer be able to do what you can do now. If you constantly behave like this, then you will never, I emphasize, never really do anything!" Psychologist Andrey Kurpatov
♦ "We are all human, and bad things happen to people. When something bad happens to you, it only proves that you are alive, because as long as you live, bad things will happen to you. Stop thinking that you are the chosen one, to whom nothing bad can happen. Such people do not exist, and even if they did exist, who would want to communicate with them? They would be so boring. What would you talk to them about? How wonderful everything is in their life? And Wouldn't you like to hit them?"
♦ “Learn to downplay rather than exaggerate your problems. For our psyche, which itself does not understand anything about this matter, it is better to hear that the problem is trivial than gigantic. And instead of thinking: “My life has no meaning,” think, that your problems are deprived of it. If we can so easily devalue our own lives, then why don’t we redirect our accusatory sting and devalue the problems that devalue our lives?.."
♦ “Not only does life affect you, but you also affect life. So consider that you were just dealt bad cards. It happens. Take the cards, shuffle them and deal them to yourself. It’s your responsibility. Don’t wait. Don’t whine. "Good things don't just happen. You have to make them happen. Think about how you can start living the life you've always wanted. If there aren't many bad things happening in your life, then there's not much happening at all." Larry Winget ("Stop whining, keep your head up!")
♦ “This is a variant of the famous formula that the doctor Emile Coue developed for his patients: “EVERY DAY, ALWAYS AND IN EVERYTHING, MY THINGS ARE GOING BETTER AND BETTER.” Repeat this phrase out loud fifty times in the morning and evening, and throughout the day - as much as you can. The more often you repeat it, the stronger its influence on you will be." Mark Fisher ("The Millionaire's Secret")
♦ “Never forget that life is an opportunity. This thesis may seem like a philosophical delight, but it really is. When one thing doesn’t work out for us, something else will definitely work out. As the song sang, “I’m unlucky in death, will be lucky in love." On all fronts without exception, life never loses. And wisdom consists in always being on the front on which the troops are going on the offensive. The ability to switch is a great and necessary skill for us. If somewhere or in "If you're chronically unlucky with something, do something else. You won't notice how life is getting better on the front you left!" Psychologist Andrey Kurpatov (“5 saving steps from depression”)
♦ Don't forget about family. Parents are the only people who love you unconditionally, simply because you exist. Communicate with them more often - it will not only give you energy for life and work. When dear people leave this world, they will live on in your memories. Let there be more of these memories.
♦ Complaining about life is a waste of time. Build a conversation constructively, talk about something interesting. Your problems are not interesting to others, and receiving useful information during a conversation is much more valuable than meager words of sympathy.
♦ There is enough grief in the world; don't exaggerate it. If you can, BE KIND, and you can't, or are going through a hard time, then at least try not to be a complete jerk.
♦ Life is an unknown road, immeasurable length. Some travelers take a long time, while others take a short time. God only knows the length of the road, sending us on our worldly journey, and the person walking does not know the duration of his earthly life.
♦ Remember - everything passes and is constantly changing. What seems important now may turn out to be meaningless after a while. Stop focusing on problems, do something useful.
♦ “You can wait until things calm down. When the kids get older, work becomes calmer, the economy picks up, the weather gets better, your back stops hurting...
The fact is that people who are different from you and me never wait for the time to come. They know this will never happen.
Instead, they take risks and begin to act, even when they have no sleep, they have no money, they are hungry, their house is not cleaned, and it is snowing in the yard. Whenever this happens. Because the time comes every day." Seth Godin
♦ Eventually computers break, people die, relationships fail... The best thing we can do is take a deep breath and reboot.
♦ No matter how bad life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. As long as there is life, there is hope." Stephen Hawking (brilliant physicist)
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With their creativity, these writers changed the history of literature of the 20th century, making their significant, invaluable contribution to it. They are quoted, referred to, talked about and argued about. It is undeniable, but it is a fact that these names are always heard. There is no person who has not at least once heard about these writers or held their books in their hands. So let’s give them the floor today, remembering the most striking and controversial quotes from the 20 best writers of the past century.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
His works, shrouded in mystery and myth, are loved and read all over the world. Being the creator of the “magical realism” movement, he wanted to tell people so much, and he did! Many of his quotes are about love and this is not surprising! After all, the heroes of his works knew how to live and love truly.
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“Perhaps in this world you are only a person, but for someone you are the whole world.”
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The government feared him like fire, his relatives loved him with all their souls, and the intellectuals respected and idolized him. Solzhenitsyn never stopped loving his homeland and thinking about it for a second, even when he was far beyond its borders. He lived a long life full of trials and hardships, leaving behind a huge literary heritage.
libkids51.ru “Education does not improve intelligence.”
"Life is given for happiness."
“There are many smart things in the world, but few good things.”
Carlos Castaneda
The books of the writer and thinker Carlos Castaneda have become a real discovery for some, and for others a new point of view about the world around them. His worldview is unusual for a common man. And to the series of books devoted to shamanism, the author himself used the term “magic,” although he clarified that it was not enough to fully reveal the essence of the teachings of our ancestors.
harmonysoul.net “If you don't like what you get, change what you give ”.
Paulo Coelho
Like no other writer in the world, Paulo Coelho helps readers look at things from a different angle, find greatness even in small things and look at life with constant optimism. He is loved and read all over the world, and the circulation of his 18 books has long surpassed 350 million copies.
obozrevatel.com “If you dare to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.”
Jorge Luis Borges
An inimitable poet, writer and thinker, Borges was the recipient of numerous awards. Despite being blind in the second half of his life, he still clearly saw and depicted human souls in his works.
postcultura.ru “Some people are proud of every book they write, I’m proud of every book I read.”
Strugatsky brothers
Boris and Arkady Strugatsky are perhaps the most famous brother writers. Idols of millions of people, they write about the future, about man and the world. Their works have long become classics of the genre and part of the lives of admirers of the Strugatskys’ talent. How to make the right choice, not get lost and find yourself - these are the questions that their creativity answers.
manwb.ru “A person needs money so that he never thinks about it.”
Ray Bradbury
It is believed that it was thanks to this visionary writer that readers showed incredible interest in the fantasy and science fiction genres. What was Bradbury thinking and what did he want to say? Read in quotes:
snipview.com “ When a person is 17, he knows everything. If he’s 27 and still knows everything, then he’s still 17.”
Umberto Eco
This modern writer is considered one of the most erudite people. He worked on television and in the press, and has a lot to talk about in lectures, which he still gives around the world. In 2010, Eco said that he was unlikely to write another novel, so hurry up to enjoy the works already written and replenish your stock with another author’s quote:
geometria.ru “Nothing encourages a coward more than the cowardice of another person.”
Erich Maria Remarque
This amazingly delicate and vulnerable man doubted his talent all his life. He went through the war, where he was seriously wounded, and experienced deep, but, unfortunately, unrequited feelings. Remarque's books are full of feelings and images that lived in his heart. As a writer of the “lost generation,” he always raised the theme of war and love. His famous quotes about them:
light-of-angels.ucoz.ru “The first person you think about in the morning and the last person you think about at night is either the reason for your happiness or the reason for your pain. ”
Ernest Hemingway
The life of this writer, full of surprises and adventures, aroused no less interest among people than his numerous stories and novels. Brief on the one hand, but so comprehensive on the other, the style in which Hemingway wrote was forever imprinted on the history of 20th century literature. From his quotes, people often learn something from their own lives:
uduba.com “All people in the world are divided into two categories. It’s easy with the first ones, just as easy without them. It’s very difficult with the latter, but it’s completely impossible to live without them.”
George Orwell
The writer of an ironic, sharp mind is known primarily for his imperishable works “Animal Farm” and “1984”. His works are often replete with the horrors of a totalitarian regime. And although many of Orwell’s quotes, fortunately, did not come true, reading them, each time you wince at how prophetic they sound:
bostonglobe.com “Freedom is the ability to say that two and two are four. ”
Vladimir Nabokov
A master of words, an expert on human souls and the author of works about love, he was a true citizen of the world and an amazingly versatile person. Nabokov could study female and male psychology, combining this activity with his fascination with butterflies. By the way, the new species he discovered are now named after him.
asphodel-lee.blogspot.com “Memory resurrects everything except smells. But nothing brings back the past so completely as the smell that was once associated with it.”
Jerome David Salinger
It seems that living against the system was incredibly important to Salinger. He left literature, having written one single, but world-famous novel, “The Catcher in the Rye.” Left the city for a remote village. Being a rebel by nature, the author of the cult work served as an example for many generations of the same rebels. And throughout his life, Salinger lived as he saw fit, and not as society expected of him.
styleinsider.com.ua “I always say “it’s very nice to meet you” when I’m not at all pleased. But if you want to live with people, you have to say things.”
Eugene Ionesco
Despite the fact that the writer is considered one of the founders of the “theater of the absurd,” Ionesco himself has repeatedly said that his plays are as realistic as the entire real world and surrounding reality are absurd. And his quotes are the best confirmation of this:
storm-prorammes.weebly.com “Better pie in the sky than a lump in the throat.”
John R.R. Tolkien
The novel “The Lord of the Rings” brought John Tolkien worldwide fame, and his book became one of the most read in the 20th century. The writer’s work had a huge impact on the fantasy genre in particular, and on world culture in general. Today, John Tolkien is listed as one of the “50 Greatest British Writers since 1945” and is rightfully considered one of the most successful writers of the past century.
biographera.net “We don't choose the times. We can only decide how to live in the times that have chosen us.”
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Despite the fact that this American writer was the brightest representative of the “lost generation,” he himself attributed his works to the “jazz era,” which he himself invented. Today there is hardly a person who has not yet read or heard about his novel “The Great Gatsby”.
regnum.ru “It often happens that an important period in a person’s life begins with some trifling episode.”
Kurt Vonnegut
One of the most famous science fiction writers and satirists, Kurt Vonnegut went through considerable trials in his life. He saw war, suffered setbacks in his career, but still did not give up on this world. In his books, the writer was not afraid to make fun of even the most tragic moments. This is all he is.
nekrasovkalibrary.blogspot.com “And although people are stupid and cruel, look what a beautiful day it is today.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The books of this famous French writer harmoniously intertwined themes of love, nostalgia for childhood and other purely personal experiences. Despite the fact that the writer was given such a short life, he managed to leave behind many stories imbued with love for all living things.
starylev.com.ua “Loving does not mean looking at each other, loving means looking in the same direction.”
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka was a kind of unique person in the literary environment of the 20th century. His works, imbued with fear of the world and the absurd, evoke a whole range of disturbing feelings in readers. No other book by any other writer will evoke such a reaction. By the way, most of the German publicist’s works were published after his death. Kafka quotes often contain teachings and criticisms:
lifeinbooks.net “ Happiness excludes old age. He who retains the ability to see beauty does not grow old ”.
- Michael Bulgakov
He is called the most mystical writer of his time and a fighter against Soviet power. Refusing to write about five-year plans and socialist realism, Bulgakov had to face censorship and refusal to publish. For a long time, his works lay on the table, and when they saw the light of day, they were immediately sorted into quotes.
vybor.ua “There are no evil people in the world, there are only unhappy people.”
“He who loves must share the fate of the one he loves.”
Omar Khayyam
Great Persian sage, philosopher, astronomer, mathematician and poet. His famous rubais are known in every corner of the world. His works are imbued with kindness and high moral values.
“Truth and lies are separated by a distance as wide as a hair.”
“If a scoundrel gives you medicine, pour it out! If a sage pours poison, accept it!”
Richard Bach
An amazing American writer of our time, his philosophical works are full of deep meaning, although they are written very easily and vividly. He is a descendant of the talented classical composer Johann Bach.
“No desire is given to a person without the strength to fulfill it; perhaps we will just have to work hard for it.”
“To become free and happy, we must sacrifice only boredom. However, this is not always an easy sacrifice.
Photo: pixabay.com Oscar Wilde
This talented writer was once called “the man-paradox.” He was incredibly elegant, but at the same time bright, and all his works instantly became popular!
“I have heard so much slander against you that I have no doubt: you are a wonderful person!”
“Be yourself, the other roles are already taken.”
Marina Tsvetaeva
This talented poetess lived a very bright, eventful life. Her work was the same. Her love lyrics are very subtle and poignant at the same time. Although she did not achieve recognition during her lifetime, it is now difficult to find a person who has not heard her name.
“Wings give freedom only in flight; folded behind the back they carry only weight.”
Quotes that teach life: the best from great writers updated: April 20, 2019 by: mila ognevich
35 useful tips from Robin Sharma. We are not acquainted? - then read below and gain experience shared by the writer and motivation specialist.
Here are the tips themselves:
1. Remember that the quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts.
2. Keep your promises to others and to yourself.
3. The thing that scares you the most needs to be done first.
4. Small daily improvements are the key to stunning long-term results.
5. Stop being busy just for the sake of being busy. This year, remove all distractions from work and life and focus your attention on the few things that matter most.
6. Read the book “The Art of War.”
7. Watch the movie “The Fighter” (2010).
8. In a world where technology is commonplace, some of us have forgotten how to act like humans. Become the most polite person.
9. Remember: all great ideas were first ridiculed.
10. Remember: critics scare dreamers.
11. Be like Apple in your obsession with getting everything right, even the little things.
12. Use 60 minutes every weekend to come up with a plan for the next seven days. As Saul Bellow once said, “A plan takes the pain out of choice.”
13. Let go of what's holding you back and love this new year. You can't foresee if you don't love.
14. Destroy or be destroyed.
15. Hire a personal trainer to get in the best shape possible. Stars focus on the value they receive, regardless of the cost of the service.
16. Give your friends, clients and family the greatest gift of all - your attention (and presence).
17. Ask yourself every morning, “How can I best serve people?”
18. Every evening ask yourself: “What good (five points) happened to me this day?”
19. Don't waste your most valuable morning hours doing simple work.
20. Try to leave every project in better condition than when you started it.
21. Have the courage to be different. Have the courage to create something significant in your chosen field that has never been created before.
22. Every job is not just a job. Each piece is a great tool to express your gifts and talents.
23. The fears you avoid limit your capabilities.
24. Get up at 5 am and spend 60 minutes fueling your mind, body, emotions and spirit. This is the most productive time. Be a superhero!
25. Write romantic letters to your family.
26. Smile at strangers.
27. Drink more water.
28. Keep a diary. Your life is worth it.
29. Do more than what was paid for, and do it in a way that will take the breath away of everyone around you.
30. Leave your ego at the door every morning.
31. Set yourself 5 goals every day. These small victories will lead you to almost 2000 small victories by the end of the year.
32. Say THANK YOU and PLEASE.
33. Remember the secret to happiness: do work that matters and be essential to what you do.
34. Don't strive to be the richest person in the cemetery. Health is wealth.
35. Life is short. The biggest risk is taking no risks and agreeing to be mediocre.
So many words were said by wise people about love, about the relationships of like-minded people; philosophical debates flared up and died out on this topic for many centuries, leaving behind only the most truthful and apt statements about life. They have survived to this day, perhaps many sayings about happiness and how beautiful love is, have undergone some changes, however, they are still filled with deep meaning.
And of course, it’s much more interesting not just to read solid black and white text, killing your own eyesight (although, of course, no one dares to belittle the value of the thoughts of great people), but to look at beautiful, funny and positive pictures with elegant design that touches the soul.
Wise sayings, embodied in cool photos, will be remembered for a long time, because this way your visual memory will be trained even better - you will remember not only funny and positive thoughts, but also the images captured in the images.
A nice addition, isn't it? Watch smart, positive pictures about love, full of deep meaning, read about how beautiful life is in all its manifestations, note to yourself cool and clever phrases of wise men, suitable for status on pages on social networks - and at the same time train your memory.
You can memorize short, but surprisingly apt and intelligent statements of great people about happiness, about the meaning of life, so that in a conversation you can gracefully present your knowledge to your interlocutor.
We have selected for you the best, funniest pictures to lift your spirits - here are funny, cool images that will make you smile, even if your mood was at zero before; here are smart, philosophical phrases about people, about the meaning of life, about happiness and love, more suitable for thoughtful reading in the evenings, and of course, how can you ignore funny photos about how beautiful love is, about how it affects people, forcing them to do all sorts of stupid things in the name of love.
All this is part of our life, all these are the thoughts of great people who lived before us many years ago.
But look how fresh, how relevant their statements about love and happiness are today. And how good it is that the contemporaries of the sages preserved their clever thoughts for the people who will come later, for you and me.
Pictures filled with a variety of content - about people whose life is not so wonderful without love, about people for whom happiness lies, on the contrary, in solitude and self-knowledge - everything is presented to your discerning taste. After all, it is impossible to reliably answer - what is happiness, for example? And is love really as beautiful as poets, artists and writers of all times and peoples are used to portraying it?
You can only comprehend these secrets yourself. Well, so that on the way to achieving your goal it is not so difficult, you can always spy wise thoughts regarding certain life situations.
You can send beautiful, funny, interesting pictures to a loved one, and it won’t necessarily be your other half.
A best friend, parents, or even just a colleague with whom a friendly relationship has been established - everyone will be pleased to receive such a small sign of attention, filled with meaning, and allowing you to think about how beautiful you are, despite minor troubles and moments of bad mood.
Thoughts are material. This means that you always need to think positively, and thereby attract positive things to yourself - good luck, promotion, and maybe true love?
Print out and hang on the wall, either at home or in the office, funny and cool phrases about love with deep meaning, so that every time you enter the room, you will come across them. Thus, subconsciously you will become much more loyal to minor squabbles.
Be a good fairy for those you care about: funny and beautiful pictures sent to a friend will serve as a good basis for raising your spirits if you cannot do this personally for various reasons - be it a work day, or completely different places of residence.
You can not only download information about people to your gadget, so that they are always at hand.
You can save the entire selection to your page on a social network, so that smart and beautiful sayings about happiness will always accompany you and set you up for the positive. Read funny phrases about love in the morning - and your quarrel with your significant other will no longer seem like a disaster and the end of the world.
They value aphorisms about life with meaning - short, to-the-point statements that reflect the deep essence. What is an aphorism and how does it differ from a proverb? What aphorisms do we know from famous people?
What characterizes an aphorism?
As already mentioned, usually aphorisms are short and precise quotes that express a view on the issue raised from a certain angle. Usually it deals with something that we encounter all the time, or a philosophical question, for example, about life and death.
What distinguishes an aphorism from a proverb is the presence of the author to whom it belongs, and specificity - it is applied in a known context. It is not as resonant as a proverb; it is rarely in poetic form. Often an aphorism, having undergone some changes over time from oral transmission among the people, becomes a proverb.
Some aphorisms about life with meaning, short and to the point:
- “Health cannot be purchased with money, but it can be spent.”
- “Marriage is not a social status, it is a medal. It’s called “For Courage!”
- “They forgive those they love what they would not forgive others, and they do not forgive what they forgive strangers.”
- “Life is such a precious gift that it should be lived wisely. She is the greatest miracle that can happen to us."
Aphorisms from Holy Scripture
In the book of the Bible you can also find many quotes, which, in essence, are aphorisms about life with meaning, short, catchphrases. For example, here are some words of Jesus Christ:
- “It is not what goes in (food) that makes a person unclean, but what comes out of him.”
- “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be.”
- “The way you judge, the way you will be judged.”
- “A tree is known by its fruit, so are false prophets by its deeds.”
- “A lot is forgiven to the one who shows great love, but to the one who is forgiven little, he loves little.”
- “Faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains.”
- “It is not healthy people who need a doctor, but, on the contrary, sick people.”
- “We brought nothing into the world and we cannot take anything out of it; if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that (Apostle Paul).”
- “Make no mistake: a bad community will spoil good habits.”
The last quote of the Apostle Paul, written down about 2000 years ago, is in tune with the modern proverb “whoever you mess with, you’ll get along with.” Undoubtedly, the Bible contains the best aphorisms about life.
Aphorisms from those considered great
Let's look at some aphorisms of great people. Probably each of the scientists, writers and other celebrities wrote about life, friendship, and love.
- “What a person nourishes blossoms in each of us. This is the eternal law of nature." (Goethe).
- “Everyone hears only what he is able to understand.” (Goethe).
- “A mother’s heart is a bottomless source of miracles.” (Honore de Balzac).
- “Fame is an unprofitable commodity: high cost and poor preservation.” (Honore de Balzac).
- “We must treat living people kindly, and speak only the truth about the dead.” (Voltaire).
- “Do you love life? Then don’t waste the time that it consists of.” (B. Franklin).
- “Usually those who complain about life expected from it what was impossible.” (J. Renan).
- “A personality begins to live only after it has managed to surpass itself.” (Einstein).
- “You can live life in two ways: as if there are no miracles, or as if there are only miracles around.” (Einstein).
- “It is impossible to cope with a problem by remaining on the same level with it. To solve it, you need to rise above it to a higher level.” (Einstein).
Aphorisms from antiquity
Some clever aphorisms about life have come to us from philosophers who lived long ago. For example, these:
- “If you want not to be afraid of what you are afraid of, change your attitude towards it.” (Marcus Aurelius).
- “If you knew the source from which people’s judgments and interests flow, you would stop seeking approval and praise from the majority.” (Marcus Aurelius).
- “He is not poor who has little, but he who desires much.” (Seneca).
- “You cannot heal the body without healing the soul.” (Socrates).
- “Talking a lot is not the same as saying a lot.” (Sophocles).
- “The more numerous the laws of a state become, the nearer its fall.” (Cornelius Tacitus).
Quotes with meaning from great Russians
The famous writer Leo Tolstoy in his works used many phrases that summarize the essence, which have become aphorisms today. For example, these:
- “Most husbands expect qualities from their wives that they themselves are not worth.”
- “The educator himself must have a deep knowledge of life in order to prepare others for it.”
- “Power over oneself is the highest power, enslavement to one’s own passions is the worst slavery.”
- “Happiness is the feeling of pleasure without remorse.”
- “Life does not seem like great joy to one whose thinking is distorted in the wrong direction.”
A. S. Pushkin also used many catch phrases about life:
- “We consider everyone as zeros, and ourselves as one.”
- “There is no return to dreams and years.”
- “You can’t sew buttons to someone else’s mouth.”
- “I cannot sacrifice what is necessary and expect to receive in return what is unnecessary.”
- “An uninvited guest is worse than a Tatar.”
His last quote has become a proverb today. Truly wisdom, like the Universe, has no limit.
Quotes about life from Gorky
Alexey Maksimovich, like any writer, thought a lot about existence and in his books there are aphorisms about life with meaning (short). For example:
- “A book is a book, but move your mind.”
- “Talent is like a thoroughbred horse: you need to learn how to control it, but if you pull the reins in all directions, the horse will become a nag.”
- “The meaning of life is human improvement.”
- “The greatest pleasure, the highest joy in life is to feel needed by people and close to them.”
- “Only deeds remain from the person.”
- “People can choose only from two forms of life: to rot or to burn; cowards and the greedy choose the former, while the brave and generous choose the latter.”
With humor in life
Here are some funny aphorisms about life, with meaning. They are more designed to make us smile.
- “Life is like toilet paper: the less you have left, the more you value each piece.”
- “You shouldn’t wait for happiness to come, it’s better to step into it yourself.”
- “Friends can be called those who know us quite well and at the same time continue to treat us well.”
- “There is always a place for a holiday in life, all you have to do is get to this place yourself.”
- “The trouble is not that there are those who, when drunk, become fools, but that there are sober fools.”
- “A man is akin to a monkey: the higher he climbs, the more he shows off his backside.”
- “If the state calls itself your Motherland, it means it wants something from you.”
- “Only two things have no end: the Universe and stupidity, although I’m not sure about the first.” (Einstein).
Some people collect quotes like these to look at at their leisure and reflect on. Aphorisms are pearls of wisdom designed to make us better. Will people value them?