Life Quotes

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

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"Any life is made up of a single moment: the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"My life has been a beautiful struggle with words and their meanings."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"To be human is to be caught in webs of meaning that we ourselves create."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"I have discovered that the meaning of life lies in the pursuit of meaning itself."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"We are dying slowly in the silence of living."
Antonio Machado
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"To live fully is to live in constant wonder."
Antonio Machado
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"Life's greatest lessons often come from its smallest moments."
Juan Ramón Jiménez
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"In the ordinary lies the extraordinary waiting to be recognized."
Juan Ramón Jiménez
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"Life is the greatest poem ever written."
Rafael Alberti
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"Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality."
Miguel de Unamuno
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"Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old."
Miguel de Unamuno
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"The sole and unique tragedy is consciousness."
Miguel de Unamuno
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"Consciousness is a curse."
Miguel de Unamuno
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"Life is a struggle against the odds."
Miguel de Unamuno
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"Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how."
Miguel de Unamuno
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"A life without reflection is a life not lived."
Miguel de Unamuno
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"The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he loses joy in winning."
Miguel de Unamuno
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"To live is to wage war with trolls in the vaults of the heart."
Federico García Lorca
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"To be alive is to feel the knife's edge between joy and sorrow."
Federico García Lorca
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"The heart of man is made of love and ash."
Federico García Lorca
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"La vida es un viaje, no un destino"
Francisco de Quevedo
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"Vive como si fuera tu último día"
Francisco de Quevedo
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"La vida es lo que hacemos de ella"
Francisco de Quevedo
"To be human is to be perpetually homeless in one's own existence."
Luis Cernuda
"To be alive is to be divided against oneself."
Luis Cernuda
"To be human is to live in permanent contradiction."
Luis Cernuda
"Existence itself is the fundamental alienation."
Luis Cernuda
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"Any life is made up of a single moment: the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"If I could live again my life, in the next one I would try to make more mistakes."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"We live for ourselves and for others, but the self is the eternal center."
Jorge Luis Borges