alive quotes

Speak the truth, and all things alive or brute are vouchers, and the very roots of the grass underground there, do seem to stir and move to bear you witness.

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

To be awake is to be alive.

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

Books are alive, you see. They’re not dead, they’re alive.

The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can’t have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I’d rather not be in a cage. I’d rather be dead. And it’s real simple. And I think it’s not that uncommon.

By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.