If your everyday life seems poor, don't blame it; blame yourself; admit to yourself that you are not enough of a poet to call forth its riches; because for the creator there is no poverty and no indifferent place.  Rainer Maria Rilke quotes The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things Rainer Maria Rilke quotes What is peculiar in the life of a man consists not in his obedience, but his opposition, to his instincts. In one direction or another he strives to live a supernatural life. Henry David Thoreau quotes Four things come not back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life and the neglected opportunity. Proverb quotes Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra quotes If you give your life as a wholehearted response to love, then love will wholeheartedly respond to you. Marianne Williamson quotes Conduct is three-fourths of our life and its largest concern. . Matthew Arnold quotes We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog has made an alliance with us. Max Depree quotes The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere. Michel de Montaigne quotes The value of life is not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet very little. Michel de Montaigne quotes | 
