“The idea, shared by many, that life is a vale of tears, is just as false as the idea shared by the great majority, the idea to which youth and health and riches incline you, that life is a place of entertainment. Life is a place of service, and in that service one has to suffer a great deal that is hard to bear, but more often to experience a great deal of joy. But that joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.” PeopleIfsLooksIdeasRealHardLife IsJoySufferingDealsObjectsYouthTearsBearsMajorityEntertainmentRichesLook UpBeing RealDefiniteInclinePersonal Happiness Author:Leo Tolstoy
“Our life is like th' unstable wave, Our bloom of youth decays. Our joys are brief as lightning flash In summer's cloudy days, Our riches fleet as swift as thought; Faith in the One Supreme Alone will bear us o'er the gulfs Of Being's stormy stream.” GodLife IsJoyOur LivesYouthBearsSummerWaveRichesSupremeStreamsDecayFlashLightningLife Is LikeMe AloneUnstableStormyCloudyCloudy Day Author:Bhartrhari
“In a culture where the possibility of wealth and the acquisition of things is so defining of success, we end up pursuing things that, even if we are successful, can never deliver what we envisioned they would. The reason riches become such a snare is because we end up evaluating life in mercenary terms and being seen by others in such terms, and life is just not so.” IfsEndsReasonLife IsCultureTermWealthSuccessfulPossibilityRichesDefiningAcquisitionSnaresMercenary Author:Ravi Zacharias
“The idea shared by many that life is a vale of tears is just as false as the idea shared by the great majority, the idea to which youth and health and riches incline you, that life is a place of entertainment.” LifeIdeasLife IsYouthTearsMajorityEntertainmentRichesIncline Author:Leo Tolstoy