Life Quotes

"To live is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in the suffering."

"There are more things worth living for than worth dying for."

"We do not live only to increase the sum of our days."

"The love of reading enables a man to exchange the tedious hours of life for hours of delight."

"The mind is as tired as the body can make it."

"The human heart seeks novelty and fears routine."

"Habit is a sort of second nature."

"Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal."

"Man is a useless passion."

"Man cannot will himself to be other than he is."

"Life is a series of experiences rather than a fixed destination."

"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."

"To live fully is to question constantly and to embrace uncertainty."

"The privilege of being human is the ability to create meaning in an indifferent universe."

"Life is neither suffering nor enjoyment: it is serious business, to be entered upon with courage and in a spirit of self-sacrifice."

"To live is to act."

"We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life."

"To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act."

"The value of a life is measured by what it contributes."

"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."

"Every man has his own destiny; the only imperative is that he should follow it."

"People cannot live only by bread and certainly not by advice."

"One cannot live fully without experiencing both joy and sorrow deeply."

"Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them."

"Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game."

"My life has been one long descent into respectability."

"To live without appeal is to live in the moment with full consciousness."

"The meaning of life is whatever we choose to give it."

"We are our choices."

"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."