Life Quotes
The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.
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"Every person is a drop in the sea, but the sea needs every drop."Hafiz
"All of us are just walking each other home."Hafiz
"Plant your garden and decorate your soul instead of your house."Hafiz
"Your life is a sacred text. Write it with your kindness."Hafiz
"The heart is a market where roses and thorns are sold."Hafiz
"My heart is a guest house for both joy and grief."Hafiz
"You are not broken. You are simply unfinished."Hafiz
"The path of the heart is paved with gold and thorns alike."Hafiz
"What is the meaning of life? To love and be loved in return."Hafiz
"I will show you how to dance with your shadows."Hafiz
"Life is a journey of becoming who we are meant to be."Teresa of Avila
"Self-preservation is the first law of nature written in every creature's essence."Spinoza
"Existence precedes essence in all finite modes of being."Spinoza
"To live adequately is to live from your own nature, governed by your own laws."Spinoza
"The mind aspires to preserve itself in being; this aspiration is the essence of appetite."Spinoza
"To live well is to increase one's power of thinking and acting without ceasing."Spinoza
"In the garden of the heart, weeds and flowers grow together."Ibn Arabi
"The universe conspires to return you to yourself."Ibn Arabi
"In every moment, you are writing the story of your soul."Ibn Arabi
"Whoever finds himself loses himself."Meister Eckhart
"All suffering comes from attachment and desire."Meister Eckhart
"The soul that seeks God finds itself."Meister Eckhart
"The heart is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival, a joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor."Hafiz
"Don't search for paradise. It is already within you, waiting to bloom."Hafiz
"Your life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived."Hafiz
"The Guest House - This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival."Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
"Don't worry about how or when you will die. Worry instead about how you will live."Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
"Life is a journey of becoming more fully human."Meister Eckhart
"As long as we are in this life, we shall always have cause for sorrow."Julian of Norwich
"Our life consists of three: asking, seeking, and knocking."Julian of Norwich