Life Quotes Quote by Max Ehrmann, Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more' ... Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: 'You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine.”

“We are unusual and tragic and alive.”

“It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”

“Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.”

“Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it.”