Life Quotes
The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.
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"Men do not stop playing because they grow old; they grow old because they stop playing."Marcel Proust
"Youth is the discovery of life; maturity is the discovery of death."André Gide
"The most noble way to live is to love what one knows."André Gide
"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them."André Gide
"We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream."Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Life is full of ironies which we do not discern at the moment of living them."Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The only true life is that which is lived consciously."Romain Rolland
"Each life is unique, and the story of each one is sacred."Romain Rolland
"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans."Romain Rolland
"What makes life difficult is that the process of facing our problems is a painful one."François Mauriac
"There is always a certain hour of the day and night when the greatest force of desire is gone."François Mauriac
"What we love will eventually destroy us, and that is the price of living."François Mauriac
"The greatest tragedy is a life unlived."François Mauriac
"We die a little each day we do not live authentically."François Mauriac
"We live not to become perfect, but to become whole."François Mauriac
"It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an old-fashioned way."Anatole France
"Man is made up of two parts: the body and the conscience. The conscience is in the stomach."Anatole France
"Youth is wasted on the young because they do not know they will age."Anatole France
"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"The human condition is a disease with no cure, only distractions."Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Do not miss things out of timidity. Life offers no greater pleasure than to make the most of the moment."Henry James
"To be alive is to be interested in everything around you."Henry James
"To live deeply is to leave deeply; to love fully is to suffer fully."Henry James
"Habit is a second nature that keeps us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments."Marcel Proust
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."Marcel Proust
"Our passions shape our destiny, but our thoughts shape our passions."Marcel Proust
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be lived."Marcel Proust
"Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly."André Gide
"The development of the individual is the goal of all human endeavor."André Gide
"Each person's life is a reflection of the choices he has made."André Gide