Life Quotes

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

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"Uphill and downhill are the same path."
Heraclitus
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"To those who step into the same rivers, different and again different waters flow."
Heraclitus
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"Bad men live that they may eat and drink, good men eat and drink that they may live."
Heraclitus
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"Illness makes health sweet and good, hunger satiety, weariness rest."
Heraclitus
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"Everything flows; nothing stays still."
Heraclitus
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"Most men live without fully realizing they are alive."
Heraclitus
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"The forest does not think about the trees, yet it grows."
Zhuangzi
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"Life is a dream and we are but dreamers."
Zhuangzi
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"Life is a series of tests meant to refine one's character."
Confucius
"All living things share a common origin in the waters of existence."
Thales of Miletus
"Life's greatest treasure is the company of those who seek truth with you."
Thales of Miletus
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"Life is a school; death is the graduation."
Pythagoras
"Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires."
Laozi
"A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving."
Laozi
"We are not so much afraid of dying as we are of not having lived."
Epicurus
"Life is short; therefore, cherish simple pleasures."
Epicurus
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"What we think, we become."
Heraclitus
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"Most people live as if they were asleep."
Heraclitus
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"Character is destiny, but destiny is fluid."
Heraclitus
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"To live is to burn."
Heraclitus
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"The mind that moves can never be satisfied."
Heraclitus
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"The measure of life is not its duration but its depth."
Heraclitus
"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain."
Thales of Miletus
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"The unexamined life is not worth living."
Aristotle
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"The actuality of thought is life."
Aristotle
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"The quality of life is determined by its activities."
Aristotle
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"The world is change; our life is what our thoughts make it."
Pythagoras
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"The measure of a life is not its duration but its donation."
Pythagoras
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"A man is not written upon till he is dead."
Pythagoras
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"The purpose of life is to achieve harmony within oneself and with others."
Pythagoras