Life Quotes

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

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"A life without purpose is a ship without a rudder."
Pythagoras
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"To truly live is to embrace change as a constant companion."
Pythagoras
"We should measure life not by its length, but by the depth of its experiences."
Epicurus
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"The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts."
Heraclitus
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"The only constant in life is the river of becoming."
Heraclitus
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"To find yourself, lose yourself in purpose."
Heraclitus
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"To live is to burn; to burn is to live."
Heraclitus
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"One can find so many ponds to swim in, one can find so many kisses to experience only one life."
Plato
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"The most effective way to live is as a compound personality."
Plato
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"The very secret of life is to have a task that you devote your whole life to."
Plato
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"The unexamined life is not worth living."
Socrates
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"Be as you wish to seem."
Socrates
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"Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live."
Socrates
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"The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being."
Socrates
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"Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued."
Socrates
"The greatest good of all is not riches, nor honor, nor health, but the absence of pain and fear."
Epicurus
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"Sorrow and joy are woven together in the tapestry of life."
Elrond
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"The choices we make echo through eternity."
Elrond
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"The way I see it, life is just one long struggle to be understood."
Timmy
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"The energy of the mind is the essence of life."
Aristotle
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"The actuality of thought is life."
Aristotle
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"The prison-house is the body; the prisoner is the soul."
Plato
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"The measure of a life is not its duration, but its donation."
Plato
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"The fundamental principle of man's existence is the desire to become himself."
Plato
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"The rewards of this life are not always in proportion to the merit of our actions."
Plato
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"We should venture on the life that is our own."
Plato
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"Timmy!"
Timmy
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"I live life to the fullest."
Timmy
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"I want to experience life as it comes."
Hans
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"Life is what we make of it."
Hans