“If we lived forever, if the dews of Adashino never vanished, if the crematory smoke on Toribeyama never faded, men would hardly feel the pity of things. The beauty of life is in its impermanence. Man lives the longest of all living things... and even one year lived peacefully seems very long. Yet for such as love the world, a thousand years would fade like the dream of one night.” IfsMenWorldFeelsYearsLongDreamSeemsLife IsNightForeverThousandPitySmokeHuman ConditionFadesThousand YearsLiving ThingsOne NightDewImpermanenceFadedBeauty Of LifeNever Fade Author:Yoshida Kenko
“We won the lottery in life and life is such a beautiful, precious gift, and we have to savor it, because as far as we know, we are the only living things in the universe, so it is our duty to protect it.” KnowsBeautifulLife IsUniverseDutyProtectLiving ThingsLotteryPrecious Gifts Author:Francesca Martinez
“Another thing about creation is that every day it is like it gave birth, and it's always kind of an innocent and refreshing. So it's always virginal to me, and it's always a surprise. ... Each piece seems to have a life of its own. Every little piece or every big piece that I make becomes a very living thing to me, very living. I could make a million pieces; the next piece gives me a whole new thing. It is a new center. Life is total at that particular time. And that's why it's right. That reaffirms my life.” GivingKindLittlesWholeBigsSeemsLife IsArtistNextMillionsPiecesCreationParticularBirthGive MeSurpriseInnocentNew ThingsLiving ThingsRefreshing Author:Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
“The meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future. The claim that we would not have morals or ethics without religion is extraordinary. Animals in nature seem to behave in moral ways without organized religion.” WaySeemsLife IsAnimalMoralClearEthicsClaimsStriveExtraordinaryBehaveMeaning Of LifeOrganizedGenesLiving ThingsOrganized ReligionAnimals In Nature Author:Bill Nye