To Be,
Or Not To Be
“We
must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is
waiting for us.”
―
Joseph Campbell
“Life
is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only
creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in
whatever way they like.”
―
Lao Tzu
“To
be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether
'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The
slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or
to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And
by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No
more; and by a sleep to say we end
The
heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That
flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly
to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To
sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For
in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When
we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must
give us pause: there's the respect
That
makes calamity of so long life;
For
who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The
oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The
pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The
insolence of office and the spurns
That
patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When
he himself might his quietus make
With
a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To
grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But
that the dread of something after death,
The
undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No
traveller returns, puzzles the will
And
makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than
fly to others that we know not of?
Thus
conscience does make cowards of us all;
And
thus the native hue of resolution
Is
sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And
enterprises of great pith and moment
With
this regard their currents turn awry,
And
lose the name of action.--Soft you now!
The
fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be
all my sins remember'd!”
―
William Shakespeare, Hamlet
“If
you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am
here to live out loud.”
―
Émile Zola
“Always
find opportunities to make someone smile, and to offer random acts of kindness
in everyday life.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“Biology
gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.”
―
Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
“A
good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”
―
Lao Tzu
“I've
got nothing to do today but smile.”
―
Simon and Garfunkel
“Books
say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are
explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people
prefer books.”
―
Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot
“Was
it hard?" I ask.
Letting
go?"
Not
as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.”
―
Lisa Schroeder
“You
will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that
they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.”
― C.
JoyBell C.
“You
endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.”
―
Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess
“A
purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is
around to be loved.”
―
Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan
“Maybe
everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.”
―
Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger
“We
do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension,
and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature
in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and
pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers,
cells, constellations.”
―
Anais Nin
“A
learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you
just did? Don't do that.”
―
Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
“You
realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past.”
―
Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor
“I
have come to accept the feeling of not knowing where I am going. And I have
trained myself to love it. Because it is only when we are suspended in mid-air
with no landing in sight, that we force our wings to unravel and alas begin our
flight. And as we fly, we still may not know where we are going to. But the
miracle is in the unfolding of the wings. You may not know where you're going,
but you know that so long as you spread your wings, the winds will carry you.”
― C.
JoyBell C.
“I
meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that
truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death
thought about it.
CATS,
he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”
―
Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
“Wisdom
comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
―
Terry Pratchett
