How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.

Quote by Jostein Gaarder

Topics: Life Quotes, Living Quotes

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and...

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and...

Problems are not reasons to postpone your life.

Problems are not reasons to postpone your life.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is...

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is...

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.

If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what theyd die for.

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what theyd die for.

Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of...

Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of...

The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God; and...

The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God; and...

All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.

All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.

There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt...

There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt...

Does anyone else get bothered by that last inch the shower curtain wont cover?

Does anyone else get bothered by that last inch the shower curtain wont cover?

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from...

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from...

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and...

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and...

Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine...

Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine...

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding...

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding...

Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that...

Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that...

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when...

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when...

A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.

A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.