Life Quotes

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

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"Life is a pilgrimage toward our eternal home."
Jonathan Edwards
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"Life is ambiguous, and we must embrace that ambiguity."
Paul Tillich
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"The tragic dimension of existence must be acknowledged, not denied."
Paul Tillich
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"The self is constantly in the process of becoming."
Paul Tillich
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"The body is the way the soul appears in the world."
Paul Tillich
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"Do not forget that the value and interest of life is not so much to do conspicuous things as to do ordinary things with the perception of their enormous value."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"To be fully alive is to be engaged with the whole of creation."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"The measure of a person is their capacity to love unconditionally."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"Become who you are."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Life is that which overcomes itself."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"In the game of life we are not given the pieces we want. We are given the pieces we get and we must play the game with them."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Each person carries within them unique gifts meant to serve their community."
Rudolf Steiner
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"I am a creature of a day, passing through life as an arrow through the air."
John Wesley
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"Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them."
Rudolf Steiner
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"Participation in being is what makes life worth living."
Paul Tillich
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"Your life gains meaning through conscious participation in evolution"
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"Life is not about finding yourself; it is about creating yourself through the choices you make every day."
William James
"Life is precious only as it leads us to something beyond itself"
Charles Wesley
"Every person carries within them the potential for transformation"
Charles Wesley
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"We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Ultimately, one must accept that the meaning of life differs from man to man, and from moment to moment."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"The true Christian is known by his fruits, not by his words."
George Fox
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"Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"Man is the Image of God, and therefore his life should be a reflection of the divine nature."
Jacob Böhme
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"The soul's journey is from darkness to light, from separation to unity."
Jacob Böhme
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"The greatest discovery is the discovery of one's true self."
Jacob Böhme
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"The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it."
William James
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"The deepest secret is that life is not a process of getting but a process of becoming."
William James
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"The principle of habit dominates all human nature."
William James