Life Quotes

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

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"The real measure of your wealth is how much you would be worth if you lost all your money."
John D. Rockefeller
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"The person who dies richest dies disgraced."
John D. Rockefeller
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"Life is not about the destination, but the quality of the journey."
John D. Rockefeller
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"Life's greatest gift is the freedom to create."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"The pattern of life mirrors the pattern of sound."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger."
Henry Ford
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"Life without labor is guilt, labor without art is brutality."
Henry Ford
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"Work to live, not live to work."
Henry Ford
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"Life, as I see it, is not a location, but a direction."
Henry Ford
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"In every moment of listening, we discover ourselves anew."
Pierre Schaeffer
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"To live fully is to listen fully."
Pierre Schaeffer
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"Life is not about how much you accumulate, but what you do with it."
John D. Rockefeller
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"As long as you live, keep learning how to live."
Andrew Carnegie
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"To hear is to be alive; to listen is to understand life."
Pierre Schaeffer
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"Every heartbeat is a rhythm, every breath a melody."
Pierre Schaeffer
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"We are all born into a symphony we must learn to conduct."
Pierre Schaeffer
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"I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living."
John D. Rockefeller
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"Life is not about the destination, but the journey of improvement."
John D. Rockefeller
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"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this."
Henry Ford
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"Life teaches us what we need to know."
Pauline Oliveros
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"Life is a symphony—each person plays an essential part."
Pauline Oliveros
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"Life is a symphony we compose moment by moment."
Pierre Schaeffer
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"The attitude I am expressing is the attitude of daily life."
John Cage
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"Life is there and we live it wherever we live."
John Cage
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"Once one opens a door, one finds it is really a partition and one goes through to another door."
John Cage
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"The activity of music will become more and more a part of life."
John Cage
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"Life's complexity is best honored through artistic practice and exploration."
Pauline Oliveros
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"You are here. You are alive. That's all that matters."
Yoko Ono
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"Life is what you celebrate."
Yoko Ono
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"Life is what you create."
Yoko Ono