The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it. – Seneca
The grand essentials of life
The grand essentials of life are something to do, something to love, something to hope for. – Thomas Chalmers
Our life’s a stage
Our life’s a stage, a comedy: either learn to play and take it lightly, or bear its troubles patiently. – Palladas
Life is like the dice
Life is like the dice that, falling, still show a different face. So life, though it remains the same, is always presenting different aspects. – Alexis
Life is like a game of cards
Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will. – Jawaharlal Nehru
Be not afraid of greatness
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. – William Shakespeare
There are glimpses of heaven
There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves. – A. P. Stanley
The winds and the waves
The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. – Edward Gibbon
