Life Quotes
The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.
22520 quotes
J
J
J
F
C
C
C
C
G
G
H
F
C
C
J
C
J
J
J
F
F
F
F
C
J
J
J
J
"Gray is every theory, but green is the golden tree of life."Johann Goethe
"Three things matter in a man's life: his religion, his work, and his love."Johann Goethe
"Life is what we make of it. Always has been, always will be."Johann Goethe
"In the garden of human experience, weeds and flowers teach equally valuable lessons."Friedrich Schiller
"To live well is to live in accordance with reason and the natural order."Christian Wolff
"The contemplative life, pursued through reason, leads to the highest human fulfillment."Christian Wolff
"To live without reason is merely to exist; to live with reason is to truly live."Christian Wolff
"To live rationally is to live in concert with the deepest nature of existence."Christian Wolff
"Men are naturally inclined to preserve themselves and to continue in being."Giovanni Vico
"The preservation of self is the first law of nature."Giovanni Vico
"To live is to choose, and to choose wisely requires understanding."Hugo Grotius
"To be truly alive, one must embrace both joy and sorrow."Friedrich Schiller
"To live well, one must first understand oneself."Christian Wolff
"The perfection we seek is found in living according to our nature."Christian Wolff
"Each day, we slough off a bit more skin, become a bit more ourselves."Johann Goethe
"Life's meaning is found in service to others."Moses Mendelssohn
"Life's true value is measured not by comfort or ease, but by the meaning we create through our actions."Catharine Macaulay
"Man is not born for happiness, but for activity and development."Johann Herder
"In every human heart dwells the capacity for both darkness and light."Johann Herder
"The rhythm of life is found in the balance of action and reflection."Johann Herder
"The greatest thing is to make life worth living, not merely to live."Friedrich Schiller
"What the human heart most craves is meaning."Friedrich Schiller
"We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose our responses."Friedrich Schiller
"To live is to choose; to choose is to commit oneself."Friedrich Schiller
"The measure of a life is not its length but the perfection it achieves."Christian Wolff
"To live authentically, one must align thought with action."Moses Mendelssohn
"Life is but a series of problems to be solved."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"I have lived for knowledge and understanding."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"I have lived to unlock the mysteries of existence."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"I have dedicated my life to unlocking nature's secrets."Joseph-Louis Lagrange