Life Quotes
The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.
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"The value of a life is measured by the problems it solves."Karl Popper
"A life without purpose is a life without meaning."Antonio Genovesi
"Life is a journey, not a destination."Antonio Genovesi
"The only durable distinction is the distinction of having lived and died as a happy man."Jérémie Bentham
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."Johann Tetens
"Life is the sum of small moments lived consciously."Johann Tetens
"Life without pleasure is not worth living."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"One must live to know how to live."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"To live well is to satisfy one's natural desires rationally."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"A rational life is one that balances all desires."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"To live is to continually adapt and transform oneself."Antonio Genovesi
"I will try to be present, to be accounted for"George Berkeley
"A life examined is a life worth living; unexamined existence is merely existence."Johann Tetens
"Life is the opportunity to become more fully human each day."Johann Tetens
"Life is the continuation of matter's eternal dance of organization and dissolution."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"To condemn sensuality is to condemn life itself."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"Nature has placed mankind under two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure."Jérémie Bentham
"Enjoyment is, everywhere, the only object and only source of the desire."Jérémie Bentham
"To suffer from pain is to be deprived of pleasure; to be deprived of pleasure is to suffer pain."Jérémie Bentham
"A man's happiness or misery depends upon his character, not his circumstances."Jérémie Bentham
"The cause of most human misery is the misdirection of effort and energy."Jérémie Bentham
"The nature of man is to seek pleasure and avoid pain."Jérémie Bentham
"The pursuit of pleasure divorced from reason becomes the pursuit of pain."Antonio Genovesi
"Mountains and valleys in life are both necessary; flat plains would be a form of death."Antonio Genovesi
"To think is to be; but to feel is truly to live."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"The body speaks a language more honest than any words could express."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"Life's greatest rewards come not from ease, but from meaningful struggle and purposeful endeavor."Johann Tetens
"Life's meaning is not given but created through our choices, commitments, and relationships."Johann Tetens
"Life is not a destination to be reached, but a journey to be lived."Antonio Genovesi
"Life is short and the mind becomes old in the service of a mechanical routine."John Maynard Keynes