Quote Tag

Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly.

We all have a purpose, a reason for being.

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.