Phrases that make you think about life: wise advice

Quotes about the meaning of life

It’s not always possible to put together your own words as smoothly, so the sayings of great people are passed down from generation to generation and do not lose their relevance, despite the fact that some of them are more than one century old.

Wise advice from Omar Khayyam

The aphorisms attributed to the pen of the eastern sage, poet, scientist and astrologer Omar Khayyam are almost a thousand years old. However, the deep meaning embedded in them made them truly immortal; they not only did not lose their relevance, but, on the contrary, acquired a new meaning.

Don't listen to those who promise a lot, They usually don't deliver anything. Drive away your friends who betrayed you once, Who betrayed you once will betray you twice. And don’t look for love where there is no answer, There are two in love, there are no other plots.

He who has abandoned once will be abandoned, Even if not immediately, even much later, But the deed will be returned. Those who have not forgiven will not be forgiven, those who have deceived will be deceived, their deeds will not go anywhere. He who has made a low agreement will himself receive the same sentence. He who harbors evil will be rewarded with it. From goodness only goodness will be born. The future boomerangs, It gives everything that’s yours to you.
What a morning! Pour it, without hesitation, for me Whatever was left in the jug at the bottom from the night. Feel the beauty of this morning with your soul - Tomorrow you will become an insensitive stone in the wall.
That life is a market, don’t look for a friend there. That life is a bruise, don’t ask for medicine. Don’t change yourself - smile at people! But don’t look for people’s smiles.
An old man told me, and I will forever remember this phrase: Eyes that have never cried cannot be beautiful. A soul that has never suffered cannot be beautiful. And a person is beautiful only when he has a heart, and not a piece of metal.
To be beautiful does not mean to be born as such, After all, we can learn beauty. When a Person is beautiful in soul - What appearance can compare with it?
If you have a nook to live in - In our vile times - and a piece of bread, If you are not a servant to anyone, not a master - You are happy and truly high in spirit.
Don’t envy someone who is strong and rich. Sunset always follows dawn. Treat this short life, equal to a breath, as if it were given to you on loan.
We will never enter this world again, We will never meet our friends at the table. Catch every flying moment - You will never catch it later.
He who is beaten by life will achieve more. He who has eaten a pound of salt appreciates honey more. He who shed tears laughs sincerely. He who died knows that he lives!

You will say this life is one moment. Appreciate it, draw inspiration from it. As you spend it, so it will pass. Don’t forget: she is your creation.

No less true are the short statements of Omar Khayyam:

A man’s tongue is small, but how many lives he has ruined!
Live today, and yesterday and tomorrow are not so important in the earthly calendar.
Several apologies are less convincing than one.

Amazing Haruki Murakami Quotes

Japanese writer, author of many books translated into all languages of the world, Haruki Murakami does not impose his picture of the world on the reader. However, despite the difference in mentalities and lifestyles, quotes from his works have become catchphrases.

“Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.” (Norwegian Forest)
“The world is spacious, filled with amazing things and strange people” (Norwegian Wood)
“But if you think carefully, the conditions are the same for everyone. We are all fellow travelers on a faulty plane. Of course, there are lucky ones and there are unlucky ones. There are strong ones, and there are weak ones. There are rich and there are poor. But still, no one has such strength that it is out of the ordinary. Everyone is the same. Those who have something tremble in fear of losing it - and those who have nothing worry that it will never appear. Everyone is equal. And anyone who has managed to notice this should try to become at least a little stronger. At least just pretend, you know? In fact, there are no strong people anywhere - there are only those who pretend” (Listen to the song of the wind)

“Lies and silence are two grave sins that have grown especially rampant in modern human society. We really lie a lot - or remain silent.” (Listen to the song of the wind)
“Speaking frankly does not mean telling the truth.” (Sheep hunting)
“Each of us has enough talent to become the best at at least one thing. The only problem is how to dig it out within yourself. Those who do not understand how, rush back and forth for years and only dig themselves even deeper. Therefore, not everyone becomes the best. Many people simply bury themselves during their lifetime and are left with nothing.” (Wonderland without brakes)
“There are words that remain in the soul for a lifetime.” (South of the border, west of the sun)
“What is loneliness? It’s similar to the feeling that comes over you when on a rainy evening you stand near the mouth of a large river and watch for a long, long time how huge streams of water flow into the sea.” (My favorite satellite)
“You know, most people do not strive for freedom, but only think that they do. It's all an illusion. If you give them real freedom, they will simply go crazy. Just know that. In fact, people don’t want to be free.” (Kafka on the beach)
“The social system to which we belong tends to suppress the desire to achieve personal autonomy. To a greater or lesser extent, I feel this myself, and I think you undoubtedly experience it to some extent too. To put it more frankly, although you strive for a free lifestyle, putting forward your own life values, society will not allow you to achieve this. The protruding nail is hammered in." (Subway)
“A person who carefully preserves in his soul the emotional landscape of his youth, the living reflections of the flame of feelings that once burned him, will not grow old and will not harden over the years.” (Radio Murakami)
“So while you are young, fall in love and love with all your might to accumulate that precious soul reserve. Money and work are, of course, very important, but when else will you have time to admire the stars and frantically strum your guitar, and then frantically tune it? But this is so cool.” (Radio Murakami)

Aphorisms of worldly wisdom by Schopenhauer

The wise thoughts of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer still resonate in the hearts of people today.

Placing undue value on the opinions of others is a universal prejudice; whether it is rooted in our nature or arose as a consequence of social life and civilization, in any case, it exerts an excessive influence on all our activities that is disastrous for our happiness; this influence is reflected in everything, starting with the fearful, slavish trepidation of “what they will say” and ending with Virgil plunging a dagger into his daughter’s heart; this same power forces one to sacrifice peace, wealth, health, even life for the sake of posthumous glory.
What a person means to himself, what accompanies him even in solitude and what cannot be given or taken away by anyone is obviously more significant for him than everything he owns and what he appears to other people.
Fate is cruel and people are pathetic. In a world arranged in this way, one who has a lot in himself is like a bright, cheerful, warm room, surrounded by the darkness and snow of a December night. Therefore, a high, rich individuality, and especially a broad mind, means the happiest destiny on earth, no matter how little brilliance there may be in it.
For the happiness of human life, the most essential thing is what a person has in himself.
When people come into close contact with each other, their behavior is reminiscent of porcupines trying to stay warm on a cold winter night. They are cold, they press against each other, but the more they do this, the more painfully they prick each other with their long needles. Forced to separate because of the pain of the injections, they come together again because of the cold, and so on all night long.
The female sex demands and expects from the male everything that it desires and needs; men demand from women, first of all and directly, only one thing.
A person loves and hates loneliness, i.e. society itself, depending on its internal value.
The average person is concerned with how to kill time, but the talented person strives to use it.

Everything has been said before us

You can come up with beautiful quotes and phrases about life yourself, or you can repeat classics or poets that you like, choose:

I love you, life, and I hope it's mutual.
To live life is not to cross a field, but to crawl through a minefield...
But I don’t want it, I don’t want it out of calculation, but I want it out of love, out of love!
“Carpe diem” – seize the day, as the ancients said, and I will seize it.
This is what’s happening to me: the wrong person comes to me...
I am a shot sparrow in the open spaces of life, but they continue to shoot at me again.
You are my calling, you are my early morning.
This world was not invented by us, this world was not invented by me.
Without you, my house is empty, like a rosebush in spring.
The most important thing is the weather in the house, and everything else is vanity.
Love saves the world.
Unfulfilled hopes do not kill the last hope.
Choose your own path.
I don’t like it when people get into my soul, especially when they spit on it.
There is no point in bending to the changing world; it would be better if it bends to us.
But he was wrong, he burned everything in an hour, and after an hour the big fire died out, but at that hour everyone became warmer.
Crossroads of seven roads, here I am.
So that you are not lost on earth, try not to lose yourself.
Life is good, my friend.
I feel good next to you.
Where are you, where are you, meeting at Manezhnaya? Why didn't you come to me like before?
I’ll shout, and in response there will be silence, again I’m left alone.
And I turn on joy and turn off sadness!
Let's drink some dry wine, Natasha, so that life becomes more beautiful, because there is only one life.
I walk down the street, laugh, I can handle any miracles.
He who is not afraid to live laughs.
How beautiful this world is, look!

Eastern wisdom about life

Sometimes one can only envy the philosophical attitude towards life in the East.

Lessons from the Chinese Sages

One of the most famous and authoritative Chinese philosophers, Lao Tzu, left his lessons of wisdom for the edification of his descendants:

be attentive to your thoughts: they are the beginning of actions;
if you measure your success by the measure of others' praise and blame, your anxiety will be endless;
the one who knows does not prove, the one who proves does not know;
don't search, otherwise you will lose. Seek not and you will find;
only he who has power can give it to others;
never judge a person until you have walked a long way in his shoes;
Be attentive to your thoughts: they are the beginning of actions.

It’s worth listening to Mo Tzu’s thoughts:

large and medium-sized rivers do not disdain to accept streams and mountain streams in order to fill themselves and thereby be great;
the one who has universal love for people, who does good for them, Heaven will certainly make him happy. And the one who does evil to people, deceives people, Heaven will certainly punish;
he who blasphemes others must offer something in return. Criticism without such suggestions is like trying to stop a flood with water or put out a fire with fire. There will be absolutely no use from it;
You can’t ask for happiness, you can’t avoid unhappiness if you yourself have acted badly or worked carelessly.

Sun Yat-sen, a Chinese figure, also left a “legacy” to his descendants:

only strong people have freedom;
knowing is difficult, acting is easy;
Trust is earned by many things and lost by only one.

Japanese proverbs

Japanese wisdom is worth listening to and choosing for yourself what your heart is drawn to.

Having gone through disasters and misfortune, you will meet a happy fate.
Sorrows have passed and God has been forgotten.
Just because winter has arrived does not mean that spring is far behind.
One kind word can warm three winter months.
Strangers come to feast, but our own people come to mourn.
It happens that a leaf sinks, but a stone floats.
Do everything you can, and leave the rest to fate.

It is interesting that most proverbs have analogues in Russian.

A meaningless life

All humanity has one natural quality, which determines the desire to find meaning in everything and, in particular, life itself; for many, this quality wanders in their subconscious, and their own aspirations do not have a clear formulation. And if their actions are meaningless, then the quality of life is zero.

A person without a goal becomes vulnerable and irritable; he perceives the slightest difficulties with wild fear. The result of this state is the same - a person becomes easy to manage, his talents, abilities, individuality and potential gradually come to an end.

A person puts his destiny at the disposal of other people who benefit from his weak character. And a person begins to accept someone else’s worldview as his own, and automatically he becomes driven, irresponsible, blind and deaf to the pain of his loved ones, senselessly trying to earn authority among those who use him.

Witty Quotes

But it has long been known that laughter prolongs life. Human psychology is such that funny, witty, caustic statements that shoot not in the eyebrow, but in the eye, are remembered faster and are quoted with pleasure in companies or personal accounts.

Sayings of great people

If we talk about great people whose witty phrases have gone down in history, then we cannot help but say about Albert Einstein:

there are only two infinite things: the Universe and stupidity. Although, I'm not sure about the Universe;
our situation on earth is truly amazing. Everyone appears on it for a short moment, without a clear goal, although some manage to come up with a goal. But from the point of view of everyday life, one thing is obvious: we live for other people - and most of all for those on whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends;
the game is one of the most effective ways to simplify your life. This is something we did as children, but we forgot to play as adults;
life is like driving a bicycle. To maintain balance, you must move;
I have learned to look upon death as an old debt that must be paid sooner or later;
we are all geniuses. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life thinking it is stupid.

So cute

Cute quotes about life can relate to any aspect of it - love, friendship, the desire to do good, the meaning of life, and so on. Choose your phrase for all occasions that correspond to your thoughts, feelings and experiences and seem nice:

You are my princess, it’s a pity without a throne and a dowry.
Love is when you don’t see any flaws in your partner at all; they will come out later...
When you are smitten and enchanted, begin to slay and enchant.
Patience and hard work have never failed anyone.
There are two things you shouldn't wait for in life: love and twists of fate. When they need it, they will come.
When I'm nervous, I start laughing, and you know, it helps to get rid of unnecessary characters in my life.
Although I fell in love, my mind was not clouded, but my vigilance became sharper.
In order to see this life in all its glory, you don’t have to travel a lot, just leave the house and open your eyes.
How can I understand that you are my soul mate? Only according to internal sensations.
I keep looking for the golden mean, so I throw it up and down.
I am a simple girl, but with a very complex character.
If an inner desire appears to love deeply and deeply, then immediately - “rain from men, Hallelujah.”
I don’t grab stars from the sky, but sometimes I want to.
It’s easy to eliminate loneliness and get rid of depression - call a friend.
I'm so tired of quarrels and arguments, maybe it's me who is so weedy and controversial?
I so want to set the table and put out the wine and candles, but I stop in time - am I going to drink here alone and dream of a prince?
Accepting a person as he is is the highest manifestation of love.
Love is not always the feeling you need, sometimes it just makes you sick...

Wise thoughts for every day

For life to bring joy, you need to look for positive moments in every day. Wise thoughts will help you find peace, confidence and good mood.

Happiness is not having what you want, but desiring what you have.
Success is the movement from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. (W. Churchill)
Instead of “I don’t have a job,” you need to think: “great, tomorrow I’m completely free,” instead of “I have no money,” “I even wonder how my guardian angels will get out this time,” instead of “oh, what’s wrong now?” will be me” - “it looks like I have secured an interesting life for myself in the coming years” (Max Frei)
What you can perceive calmly no longer controls you. (Confucius)

Let's turn to the sages for an explanation

Now we are ready to blame anyone for our troubles, in our sleeping consciousness. The government, education, society, everyone is to blame except ourselves.

We complain about life, but at the same time we look for values where, in principle, they cannot exist: in the acquisition of a new car, expensive clothes, jewelry and all human material goods.

We forget about our essence, about our purpose in our world, and most importantly, we forget about what the sages tried to convey to the souls of people in ancient times. Their meaningful phrases about life today could not be more relevant, they have not been forgotten, but they are not perceived by everyone, and not everyone is imbued with them.

Carlyle once said: “My wealth is in what I do, not in what I have.” Isn't this statement worth thinking about? Doesn’t these words contain the deep meaning of our existence? There are many such beautiful sayings that are worth our attention, but do we hear them? These are not just quotes from great people, they are a call to awakening, to action, to living with meaning.

Albert Einstein

Life should be endowed with meaning.
Albert Einstein Albert Einstein, the smartest scientist, considered it very important that life be endowed with meaning. He said:

“Strive not to achieve success, but to ensure that your life has meaning.”

But he filled it with meaning by the fact that life should benefit other people and society. After all, really, how much did he personally need his discoveries and the theory of relativity? He worked for the benefit of all humanity.

Mahatma Gandhi.

Mahatma Gandhi, as we can see in his life, was a fighter for the common man. The main promoter of non-violence, love of man for man.

Such people change the world, and their ideas, their life lessons then, years, decades and centuries later, influence new generations, making this world a better and kinder place.

The meaning of Gandhi's life was to realize his mission to achieve the independence of his country and spread the ideas of non-violence.

What a great mission, how ambitious and grandiose! And all this was taken on by one person. There is so much power in his phrase.

“A small body, conditioned by the spirit and animated by an unquenchable belief in its mission, can change the course of history.”

Sadhguru.

Popular today, especially on Youtube, the mystic Sadhguru asks: why does the question arise about the meaning of life?

Because the process of life itself does not bring you pleasure.

And one cannot but agree. If you were satisfied with everything and life brought satisfaction, would you start looking for something, if everything is already there, there is no emptiness that needs to be filled?

And here lies the answer, as you may have guessed. Like many great people, Sadhguru says about the meaning of life that it consists in living with the fullness of perception of the process of life, living everything, experiencing fully everything that life presents to us.

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Positive mood

Statuses about bright colors cannot but please. They give positive emotions and smiles on the faces of others, but it is so important to feel happy in life, only this helps to find true enjoyment of fate:

Everyone should at least once in their life put on rose-colored glasses during the dark period of life, and let everything be purple.
The outward appearance of life may not coincide with the inner mood.
People don’t know how to mix colors in life, they add white to black and vice versa, and the result is a miserable grayness.
Memory is better than a true artist; it renews the colors of life, erases dullness and wretchedness, adds bright colors and expressive shades.
You need to not give a damn about the white and black stripes in life, but choose your favorite color and stick with it.
You shouldn’t think about life all the time, otherwise you won’t have time for it at all.
You should always be able to enjoy life, even if it takes on a gray tint for a while.
You should remember that the best years of your life are today.
From birth, a person has only one palette of colors; he is free to color his life at his own discretion, mix colors, be sad or happy.
A person’s thoughts are the colors of a person’s life, you need to paint them only with your favorite colors.
The most important thing in life is bright colors, they cannot be replaced by memories and feelings, you just need to take a brush and apply your favorite colors on top of all the problems.
Love cannot be compared with other feelings; only it allows a person to see all the colors of the world.
Silence really helps in life, it protects from stupid things heard and seen, fills life with happiness and joy.
Every person’s life can be gray and dull, but if you give everyone positivity and a smile, then you can live it perfectly and see all the colors of existence.

Statuses about a vibrant life will always remain in demand, so you need to install them on your page on social networks to attract attention, meet interesting personalities and fill your life with positive emotions.

Dalai Lama.

The greats have spoken a lot about the meaning of life, and the Dalai Lama is no exception. The Buddhist leader believes that the meaning of human life is to be happy.

How can this be achieved? Through compassion and peace of mind.

One is the key to the other. It is compassion that calms the mind and also gives a person self-confidence.

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Buddha.

What did Buddha say about the meaning of life?
Speaking about Buddha, I must mention that Eastern traditions put karma and samsara at the forefront - the chain of rebirths. Karma accumulates gradually, and everything that happens to us is the result of karma, namely our own actions committed in the past.

The existence of the soul inside the wheel of samsara is considered an unfavorable option, joyless, because during each life a person experiences countless sufferings and struggles with his endless desires and needs. Thus, it creates new rounds of unfavorable karma and so on in a circle.

This is where the meaning of life comes from the Buddha - ending the chain of births, exiting the wheel of samsara, because life is meaningless. Each new life only leads to the fact that you accumulate karma and are born again, and then again, and again...

The purpose of life is to get rid of desires, the apogee of which is nirvana - a state without thoughts, without any fluctuations of the mind. When you just exist and that’s all, and whether there is...

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This breaks the karmic chain. No desires - no actions, no expectations, no disappointments and joys, no suffering, no new seeds of karma.

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