Life Quotes

The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.

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"Care is the fundamental essence of human existence."
Heidegger, Martin
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"To be authentically human is to be thrown into the world."
Heidegger, Martin
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"The solution of the problem of life is seen in the vanishing of the problem."
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
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"The good life is a process, not a state of being."
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
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"A curious thought: that of all the millions of faces around us, each one is supposed to be unique."
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
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"How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life."
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
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"Even if all possible scientific questions be answered, the problems of life remain completely untouched."
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
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"All life is problem-solving."
Popper, Karl
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"We are shaped by the problems we choose to solve."
Popper, Karl
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"We create meaning through our choices and actions."
Popper, Karl
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"The life of the mind is an eternal becoming."
Husserl, Edmund
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"Habitualities shape how we experience the world."
Husserl, Edmund
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"The ego is present in all mental acts."
Husserl, Edmund
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"To be a human being means to dwell upon the earth."
Heidegger, Martin
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"Authentic existence means owning one's potential for being."
Heidegger, Martin
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"Dwelling is the manner in which mortals are on the earth."
Heidegger, Martin
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"The essence of man is ek-sistence, standing out into the open."
Heidegger, Martin
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"Humans are caught between earth and sky, mortals and immortals."
Heidegger, Martin
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"To find oneself, think for oneself."
Dewey, John
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"Growth is a sign of life and a consequence of life; the quality of life is measured by the quality of experience."
Dewey, John
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"The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit."
Dewey, John
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"We live from within outwardly."
Dewey, John
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"The fundamental factors in the growth of self are recognition and response."
Dewey, John
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"Life is growth. Stagnation is death."
Dewey, John
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"The process of living is learning."
Dewey, John
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"The deepest desire of the human being is to feel alive."
Dewey, John
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"To live is to face new situations."
Dewey, John
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"Life means constant learning and development."
Dewey, John
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"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
Dilthey, Wilhelm
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"The meaning of life is found through understanding."
Dilthey, Wilhelm