Life Quotes
The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.
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"Get busy living or get busy dying."Lewis, David
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."Lewis, David
"Objects persist not despite change but through it"Fine, Kit
"Persistence conditions explain what it means to be an object"Fine, Kit
"The principle of composition explains how wholes emerge from parts"Fine, Kit
"Life is what we make of it."Geach, Peter
"Every person contains infinite depths waiting to be explored."Fine, Arthur
"Our lives are shaped not by what happens to us, but by how we choose to interpret those events."Lewis, David
"The life you want exists in the gap between your comfort and your willingness to be uncomfortable."Lewis, David
"The measure of a life is not its length, but its depth."Fine, Arthur
"A life lived in fear of judgment is a life not fully lived."Fine, Kit
"We are shaped not by our circumstances, but by how we interpret them."Lewis, David
"We become what we repeatedly contemplate; choose your thoughts carefully."Lewis, David
"Organisms don't just respond mechanically - they act intentionally toward goals."Millikan, Ruth Garrett
"Our ability to think depends on our evolutionary history and current interactions."Millikan, Ruth Garrett
"The mind evolved as a solution to the problem of navigating a complex world."Millikan, Ruth Garrett
"Meaning emerges only where there are minds that care about accuracy."Millikan, Ruth Garrett
"To think is to represent the world as being a certain way."Millikan, Ruth Garrett
"Mental content is historical - it depends on how our representations came to be."Millikan, Ruth Garrett
"Meaning-making is the essence of being human."Fine, Arthur
"The gap between knowing and doing is where life happens."Fine, Arthur
"We are meaning-making creatures in a meaning-neutral universe."Fine, Arthur
"Habits are the architecture of character."Ryle, Gilbert
"Behavior is a display of dispositions."Ryle, Gilbert
"The self is constituted through action and habit."Ryle, Gilbert
"Dispositions are revealed in conduct over time."Ryle, Gilbert
"Pleasure and pain are not sensations but attitudes."Ryle, Gilbert
"The self is not prior to action but emerges through it."Ryle, Gilbert
"Habits are the foundation of human flourishing."Ryle, Gilbert
"The mind shows itself in conduct."Ryle, Gilbert