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