Life Quotes

"We are imprisoned in choices we did not make."

"We want to be everything; that is why we often become nothing."

"Not to choose is still to choose."

"We are condemned to invent ourselves moment by moment."

"We are perpetually unfinished; that is our burden and our glory."

"To live is not merely to exist; to live is to grow in understanding."

"Life without purpose is like a ship without a rudder."

"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens."

"A man may go mad if he thinks too much about himself."

"A life without passion is a slow death."

"To live fully is to live in conflict with injustice."

"We are born into a world not of our choosing, but we can choose how to inhabit it."

"The pursuit of authenticity is more demanding than the pursuit of perfection."

"The man who has lived the most is not he who has counted the most years, but he who has most felt life."

"The measure of a person is not in the years they live but in the lives they touch."

"Life is a series of choices."

"Every moment is precious."

"Life is a journey, not a destination."

"Passion burns brightest in youth."

"I live on good soup, not on fine words."

"All humanity's external deeds and internal thoughts are just an elaborate game of make-believe."

"One must take the bad with the good in life."

"It is sad that the young must wait until they are old to become interesting."

"Better never to have been born than not to live well."

"A fragment of conversation overheard contains all of life."

"Desire is the essence of all beings."

"To live is to dream with open eyes."

"Every person is a universe unto themselves."

"I love the beautiful, long autumn evenings, when we are forced to keep the lamps burning."

"There are moments when life reveals itself as infinitely sorrowful."