Life

Perhaps the most lasting pleasure in life is the pleasure of not going to church.

—William Inge

Whilst you live, a little religion seems enough; but believe me, it requires a great deal when you come to die.

—Geraldine Jewsbury

Life, as we all know, is conflict, and man, being part of life, is himself an expression of conflict. If he recognizes the fact and accepts it, he is apt, despite the conflict, to know peace and to enjoy it.

—Henry Miller

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

—Madame de Stael

Language is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it.

—Ludwig Wittgenstein

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

—John Ashbery

If you don't prioritize your life, someone else will.

—Greg McKeown

Water is the driving force of all nature.

—Leonardo da Vinci

I don't envy "busy." Busy means having a schedule, not living life. What I really covet is leisure and peace of mind.

—Donna Lynn Hope

You take the bad with the good. Rise up through it. Live in the midst of it. It's the bad that lets you know how good the good really is. Don't let the bad leave you thinking like there ain't no good. There is, and lots of it, too.

—Charles Martin in Chasing Fireflies

I've spent most of my life and most of my friendships holding my breath and hoping that when people get close enough they won't leave, and fearing that it's a matter of time before they figure me out and go.

—Shauna Niequist in Bittersweet

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

—Fran Lebowitz

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

—Mark Twain

When do I stop? When I'm twenty-five? Thirty? Thirty-five? Forty? Or right this minute? Nobody tells you how long you should keep doing something before you give up forever.

—Meg Wolitzer in The Interestings