Life Quotes
The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.
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"We are products of our evolutionary environment in ways we barely comprehend."Stephen Jay Gould
"Our unique abilities emerged from evolutionary processes we share with all creatures."Stephen Jay Gould
"We are shaped by forces operating over millions of years."Stephen Jay Gould
"The persistence of life is the most remarkable phenomenon in the universe."Carl Sagan
"The universe is vast, but we are not insignificant within it."Carl Sagan
"I spent my childhood in the woods, in the trees, and in the wild."Jane Goodall
"I have always tried to live my life in accordance with my values."Jane Goodall
"We must be conscious that, from the point of view of energy, the fact of life is utterly improbable."Niels Bohr
"The creation of life was the most improbable event imaginable."Niels Bohr
"The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem."Richard Feynman
"I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong."Richard Feynman
"Live with uncertainty, because that's the closest thing to being awake."Richard Feynman
"What makes life worth living is the constant discovery of new things."Richard Feynman
"Legacy is not what we accumulate, but what we contribute."Jane Goodall
"Man can find meaning in every size of life."Max Planck
"The meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment."Max Planck
"Every man has his range of interests and his peculiar way of selecting what seems important to him."Max Planck
"We pass through this world but once; few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life."Stephen Jay Gould
"To accept evolution is to accept our kinship with all living things."Stephen Jay Gould
"We are products of four billion years of experimentation."Stephen Jay Gould
"Our task is not to hunt for the meaning of life as if it were something hidden in the bushes. Rather, meaning is something we bring to life."Werner Heisenberg
"Life is the loom on which fate weaves."Louis Pasteur
"Life is not a state of being, but a way of going."Louis Pasteur
"Life is the manifestation of force."Louis Pasteur
"I would rather be a beginner at something wonderful than a master at something boring."Richard Feynman
"Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play."Jane Goodall
"I have learned that we are interconnected with all living things."Jane Goodall
"Every action we take has consequences that ripple through the world."Jane Goodall
"We are all part of a greater whole, and our actions affect that whole."Jane Goodall
"The value of a human life is not measured by what we accumulate, but by what we contribute."Jane Goodall