Quotes about life
life-is
Life is cruel? Compared to what? Edward Abbey
life-is unfair fairs
Life is unfair. And it's not fair that life is unfair.
life hiking waste
Walking takes longer... than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste on speed.
life regret grief
Life is too short for grief. Or regret. Or bullshit.
life-changing highest true-nature
The true nature of a thing is the highest it can become. Aristotle
life moving thinking
You'll understand what life is if you think about the act of dying. When I die, how will I be different from the way I am right now? In the first moments after death, my body will be scarcely different in physical terms than it was in the last seconds of life, but I will no longer move, no longer sense, nor speak, nor feel, nor care. It's these things that are life. At that moment, the psyche takes flight in the last breath.
life excellence amusement
The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement.
life exercise mind
The energy or active exercise of the mind constitutes life.
life men cost
Men cling to life even at the cost of enduring great misfortune.
life educational philosophy
If there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake, clearly this must be the good. Will not knowledge of it, then, have a great influence on life? Shall we not, like archers who have a mark to aim at, be more likely to hit upon what we should? If so, we must try, in outline at least, to determine what it is.
life spring men
There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of the field; and sometimes, if the stock be good, there springs up for a time a succession of splendid men; and then comes a period of barrenness.
life nature preparation
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.
life political leisure
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.
life-is
Nothing in life is more necessary than friendship.
life philosophical fancy
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
life success philosophical
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
life philosophical alcohol
It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
life philosophical survival
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
life actuality
The actuality of thought is life.
life archer purpose
It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want.
life friendship true-friend
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
life teacher teaching
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
life-changing inspiration amusement
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
life quality determined
The quality of life is determined by its activities.
life friendship self
A friend is a second self.
life depression education
To perceive is to suffer.
life nature philosophical
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
life death education
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
life gratitude courage
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
life positive buddhist
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
life helping-others essence
What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.
life success time
Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
life-lesson boys discovery
It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can't return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover. Ben Harper