Life Quotes
The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.
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"Every human being has within him the seed of perfection."Johann Pestalozzi
"The human being is a work in progress, continually developing."Johann Pestalozzi
"Man's greatest achievement is the perfection of his own nature."Johann Pestalozzi
"The development of the individual is the development of society."Johann Pestalozzi
"Every genuine experience has a quality all its own of a different kind."John Dewey
"Every experience is like a seed that grows."John Dewey
"Life has activity, and if that activity is not exerted in real objects it passes into dreams"Friedrich Hegel
"Life is a school in which every experience is a lesson."John Amos Comenius
"Life teaches those willing to learn from experience."John Amos Comenius
"To live is to engage with the world, to change it, while being changed by it."Paulo Freire
"To exist, humanly, is to name the world, to change it."Paulo Freire
"Humanization is the vocation of all people, not just the oppressed."Paulo Freire
"The verb means action; humans are verbs, not nouns."Paulo Freire
"The life we are given is not merely an individual possession, but is committed to us in trust for the whole world."Maria Montessori
"A person cannot live only for himself. He must serve humanity as well as himself."Maria Montessori
"The child is the builder of the man, and there is no man existing who was not made by the child he once was."Maria Montessori
"Learning is not a preparation for life but is life itself."Maria Montessori
"Each individual contains multitudes and infinite potential for growth"Friedrich Schleiermacher
"Life's deepest satisfactions come from meaningful connection and contribution"Friedrich Schleiermacher
"Life has activity, and if we lose that activity, we lose ourselves."Friedrich Hegel
"Fate is nothing but the manifestation of will."Friedrich Hegel
"The struggle of existence is the struggle for recognition."Friedrich Hegel
"Growth itself is the only moral purpose."John Dewey
"A human being is not, but continuously is being."John Dewey
"It is the nature of man to be exposed to the unexpected."John Dewey
"The deepest and fullest conviction is that life itself is the raw material which gets transformed in human living into forms of beauty and power."John Dewey
"Life itself is the greatest school; we need only learn to observe and reflect upon our experiences."John Amos Comenius
"To live fully is to embrace both joy and sorrow as teachers."John Amos Comenius
"To live with intention is to live with purpose; to live with purpose is to truly live."John Amos Comenius
"Life has a value only when it has something valuable as its object."Friedrich Hegel