Life Quotes

The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.

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"Being is becoming; becoming is being."
Friedrich Hegel
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"The purpose of life is the perfection of human nature."
Johann Pestalozzi
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"Man's highest destiny is the perfection of his nature."
Johann Pestalozzi
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"The perfection of man is the object of all activity."
Johann Pestalozzi
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"The good life is life lived with awareness and intentional choice."
Friedrich Schleiermacher
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"We are made for greatness—for life, for love, and for the pursuit of justice that transforms the world."
Paulo Freire
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"A person becomes truly human through the process of consciously engaging with the world and others."
Paulo Freire
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"Learning is a lifelong process of becoming more fully human through engagement with others."
Paulo Freire
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"The process of humanization is ongoing; we are always becoming more fully human through our choices."
Paulo Freire
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"To develop a complete human being and a complete society, we must represent the whole of humanity, for all forms of life are connected."
Maria Montessori
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"The adult who has lost his sense of wonder is not truly alive."
Maria Montessori
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"Everything in life requires us to play a part."
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
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"The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives."
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
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"Life is not matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well."
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
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"Life is testing us constantly."
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
"Man is born for action, and life itself is movement."
John Amos Comenius
"Every person's life contains a story worth understanding."
John Amos Comenius
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"The self is not something ready made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action."
John Dewey
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"Growth itself is the only moral purpose."
John Dewey
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"Experience is not a thing of the past; it is a thing in constant flux."
John Dewey
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"Human nature is not originally good or bad; it is capable of development in any direction."
John Dewey
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"We live not in our thoughts but in our actions."
John Dewey
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"The person of integrity lives in harmony with their deepest convictions."
John Dewey
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"Every person has latent capacities waiting to be developed."
John Dewey
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"Life has a value only when it has something valuable as its object."
Friedrich Hegel
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"Desire is the fundamental human reality."
Friedrich Hegel
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"Life is a tree; we must choose our branches carefully."
Ibn Sina
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"The heart is the seat of all senses."
Ibn Sina
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"Life is a journey; wisdom lies in understanding the path."
Ibn Sina
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"Life is a test; pass it with virtue."
Ibn Sina