Life Is A Struggle

If you are not

If you are not in alignment with the moment, life is a struggle. Really, all you have to do is take responsibility for your inner alignment with now. Eckhart Tolle

If you feel the

If you feel the purpose of life is struggle, Darwinian fitness, dog eat dog, then you will be eaten by a dog, or you will eat dog. You become what you focus on. Frederick Lenz

Life is a struggle,

Life is a struggle, from the agonies of birth to the railing against death. Devour or be devoured. The law of the wild. David Gemmell

Youth is a blunder;

Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret. Benjamin Disraeli

Sometimes it seems to me that all of life is a struggle to contain the natural impulses of the body and spirit, and that what we call character represents only the degree to which we are successful in this endeavor. Anita Shreve

And the day came

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin

In the West the

In the West the whole Western tradition of religion and psychology propounds, preaches, persuades people to have strong egos – because unless you have a strong ego, how can you survive? Life is a struggle; if you are egoless you will be destroyed. Then who will resist? Who will fight? Who will compete? And life is a continuous competition. Western psychology says: Attain to the ego, be strong in it.
Rajneesh