Quotes & Sayings About Realizing How Precious Life Is

As you begin to Awaken.. You discover yourself sitting in nature.. flowing like the river.. Trying to understand the purpose.. then realizing "Nature is Happening, that is its purpose".. You are just like the river flowing through nature.. Your purpose is to be like nature. Start Now.. in the precious moments.. for its the only time that exists. — Jonathan Bailey

Thanksgiving is coming to the life-altering understanding that truly precious things can't be owned anyway. And the wonder of it all is not only realizing that we can't own them, but it's realizing that we don't have to expend the energy in the maintenance of them in order to enjoy them. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Therefore, when Ziqi died, Boya, realizing that no one else would understand his music as well as his friend, smashed his qin at Ziqi's grave and sighed, "Why play the qin when there's no more zhiyin to understand my music!" From then on, the term zhiyin had been used to describe soul mates. "Precious Orchid," Qing Zhen looked at me intently while a solitary bird soared behind him in the vast sky, "you realize how lucky we are? Most people search all their life for a zhiyin but never find one. We're not only lovers; we're also zhiyin." Though I was used to compliments from men and usually did not take them seriously, this one from Qing Zhen touched a silk string in my heart. — Mingmei Yip

Life is a precious gift, but we realize this only when we give it to others. — Pope Francis

Realizing that life is precious the natural tendency is to trample on it, like laughing at a funeral. — Lester Bangs