Life Quotes
The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.
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"My private tragedy is that I have nothing to regret."Vladimir Nabokov
"The cradle, the car, the coffin—these three containers carry a man through life."Vladimir Nabokov
"My soul is a carnivorous bird."Vladimir Nabokov
"The essence of life is its transience."Vladimir Nabokov
"The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs."August Strindberg
"Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be experienced."August Strindberg
"The struggle is the essence of life."August Strindberg
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."Selma Lagerlöf
"The art of living well is the art of choosing what truly matters."Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
"Life is not a problem to be solved but an experience to be lived."Henrik Ibsen
"When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than an ordinary, quiet moment."Boris Pasternak
"The riddle of life cannot be solved by a few clever words spoken well."Boris Pasternak
"Life is not something that is completed; it is something that happens to you while you are busy making other plans."Boris Pasternak
"One should go through life as if one is walking in a forest, responsive to all the marvels within it."Boris Pasternak
"To live is to be uncertain, and certainty is a kind of death."Boris Pasternak
"In the garden of human experience, weeds and flowers often grow side by side."Boris Pasternak
"In the end, we do not remember the days we lived, but the moments we truly felt alive."Boris Pasternak
"The meaning of existence lies not in happy social harmony, but in the development of the soul."Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"We are born with souls, yet we spend our lives burying them under material concerns."Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"Our addiction to ease and comfort has become the chains that bind us."Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"To be alive is to be in constant dialogue with one's own conscience."Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"Life is not about finding yourself, it is about creating yourself."Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
"Man is made of earth and water, and fire burns in his breast."Maxim Gorky
"In the sea of life, we are all swimming together."Maxim Gorky
"The human heart is the only thing in the world worth having."Maxim Gorky
"Legacy is what we leave behind."Maxim Gorky
"Pain, then, is a secret."Vladimir Nabokov
"My life has been a series of experiments in living, each more authentic than the last."August Strindberg
"To be alive is to be at war with ourselves and our circumstances."August Strindberg
"To live is to suffer, but in suffering we find our purpose."Henrik Ibsen