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William Somerset Maugham Quotes

Posted on May 28, 2011May 28, 2011 by

Love is a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species.

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn’t want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom; and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too.

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.

Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.

Death doesn’t affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn’t concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.

Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon as they cease to be advantageous.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.

I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.

I’ll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell… their heart’s in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?

Living Quotes

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. – Helen Keller

You’re only here for a short visit. So don’t forget to stop and smell the roses. – Walter Hagen

We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. – Joseph Campbell

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy. – Jim Rohn

Life is a long lesson in humility. – James M. Barrie

“Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path. – Khalil Gibran

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets. – Paul Tournier

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass…
It’s about learning how to dance in the rain. – Vivian Greene

When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. – Khalil Gibran

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. – Mother Teresa

Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison. – Lord Chesterfield

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him.
If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him. – The Buddha

When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance. – Lee Ann Womack

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be. – Anne Frank

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. – The Buddha

What’s done is done. – William Shakespeare

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. – Mother Teresa

Be gentle first with yourself. – Lama Yeshe

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. – Anonymous

Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. – Joseph Campbell

Pain is inevitable, Suffering is optional. – Buddhist proverb

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist. – Mark Twain

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen. – Brigitte Bardot

The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. – Elie Wiesel

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. – Anonymous

The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up. – Mark Twain

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. – Chinese proverb often quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt

Every wall is a door. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let’s Party

Posted on November 21, 2010November 21, 2010 by

“If the music is too loud, you’re too old.”