Life must be lived as play.  Plato quotes There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself. Henry David Thoreau quotes I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. Henry David Thoreau quotes I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau quotes Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. Henry David Thoreau quotes Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared. Henri Nouwen quotes There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. George Sand quotes I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. George Bernard Shaw quotes Live life to the fullest. Ernest Hemingway quotes Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. Charlie Chaplin quotes | 
