Common Quote by Abraham Verghese

“We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death, lest for forget,…

— Abraham Verghese

The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying.

— Anonymous

We are determined not to take as the aim of our life fame, profit, wealth, or sensual pleasure, nor to accumulate wealth while millions…

— Nhat Hanh

Life is a thing we understand, if we are lucky enough, is a gift that we should not waste.

— Senoraroy

Amazingly, we take for granted that instinct for survival, fear of death, must separate us from the happiness of pure and uninterpreted experience, in…

— Peter Matthiessen

The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing.

— Oliver Goldsmith

This is part of the involuntary bargain we make with the world just by being alive. We get to experiences the splendor of nature,…

— Jeff Greenfield

If this book has a lesson, it is that we are awfully lucky to be here-and by 'we' I mean every living thing. To…

— Bill Bryson

It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of…

— Dorothy Canfield Fisher

The need is to satisfy our soul and we nevereven try to grow above our timely physical needs. We live and die satisfying our…

— Senora Roy

We are unlucky till we see someone in worse condition, we're poor until we know the heights of poverty. We've lost till we realise…

— Senoraroy

“With luck and fastidiousness—eating well, exercising, keeping our blood pressure under control, getting medical help when we need it—people can often live and manage…

— Atul Gawande