Carpe Diem Quotes - Page 2

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.

The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person] trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, ‘to be’ in the fullest sense is ‘to sin'.

You should *have* an experience; it shouldn't just *be* an experience.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

Dream as if you will live forever; Live as if you will die today.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

There is only one day left, always starting over: It is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.

Death twitches my ear;
'Live,' he says...
'I'm coming.

Don't think, but look! (PI 66)

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.

Nobody is ready for death. If you ask Joe Blow on the street, he aint gonna tell you he thinks he'll live forever. But when the end is near you'll realize you've been believing that all along. It's like getting caught with your pants down. That's why you gotta live, little one. Yeah stop and smell them roses.

Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

If you want to have the time of your life, change how you use the time in your life.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

When you kill time, remember that it has no resurrection.

Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow; and thoughts of your tomorrow are nothing but desire. Don’t waste this breath, if your heart isn’t crazy, since "the rest of your life" won’t last forever.