Life Quotes

"The human being is the purpose of creation; nothing is higher than man."

"No one can demand of us to be happy; we have only the duty to make ourselves worthy of happiness."

"To deny our emotions is to deny part of our humanity."

"Every man naturally desires his own preservation and happiness."

"A man may surely be allowed to have a greater regard for his own happiness than for that of any other person."

"Every man naturally desires his own preservation, and the preservation of his species."

"Life is a series of shapes that must be mastered to understand the whole."

"Desire is the very essence of man."

"Life is the effort of the body to persist in its being."

"The human mind is destroyed in exact proportion as the human body is destroyed."

"Mankind desires not only to live, but to live well."

"The art of living is the art of dying well."

"A man is not truly a man until he has found his purpose."

"Seek not the good life only for yourself, but help others find it too."

"The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster."

"The human being consists of a very complex body, which requires a number of continually varied things."

"To exist is to persist; to persist is to perfect oneself."

"To live fully is to increase one's power of thinking and acting in every moment."

"Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."

"What we do in life echoes in eternity."

"Life is measured not by years but by purpose."

"The life of man is of some importance to himself."

"The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short without the protection of law."

"The art of living is the art of knowing which desires to indulge and which to suppress."

"The sweetness of life depends upon the harmony of our desires."

"To live is to struggle; to struggle is to live."

"The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and another."

"The great wheel of society rolls along; we are but small parts of this immense machinery."

"A man without passion is like a body without a soul."

"The life of man is of some importance. His happiness is of still greater importance."