#short quotes

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”

— Confucius

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

— Socrates · Plato's Apology

“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.”

— John Lennon · Beautiful Boy, 1980

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”

— Robert Frost

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”

— Victor Hugo · Les Misérables, 1862

“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.”

— Isak Dinesen

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”

— Louisa May Alcott · Little Women, 1868