Life Quotes Quote by Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.”

“Love is a decision - not an emotion!”

““I choose to write because it's perfect for me. It's an escape, a place I can go to hide. It's a friend, when I feel out casted from everyone else. It's a journal, when the only story I can tell is my own. It's a book, when I need to be somewhere else. It's control, when I feel so out of control. It's healing, when everything seems pretty messed up.”

“How does fear become so powerful? We can’t see it. We can’t touch it, yet it gets its claws in us and begins to control us. Sigh. I hate feeling afraid, and I hate, hate, HATE feeling out of control.”

“Always forgive, but never forget, else you will be a prisoner of your own hatred, and doomed to repeat your mistakes forever.”

“Life is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.”

“Life is full of grief, to exactly the degree we allow ourselves to love other people.”

“But in that moment I understood what they say about nostalgia, that no matter if you're thinking of something good or bad, it always leaves you a little emptier afterward.”