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225 quotes about Living
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Living Quotes
"The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive."
"The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life."
"I'm not in search of sanctity, sacredness, purity; these things are found after this life, not in this life; but in this life I search to be completely human: to feel, to give, to take, to laugh, to get lost, to be found, to dance, to love and to lust, to be so human."
"Live not for Battles Won.Live not for The-End-of-the-Song. Live in the along."
"Love, I think, is a gateway to the world, not an escape from it."
"What is this slow blue dream of living, and this fevered death by dreaming?"
"If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry up at once."
"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."
"Liza, I love you more than any words can say. You have made me a complete person. You are everything to me. And I cannot think of living life without you. And I love you forever."
"Peace is not a result inside us from everything around us. Peace is not submissive nor passive. On the contrary, peace is an overwhelming force which comes from within us, disrespectful of everything around us, a firm coalition of spirit and soul standing against all the unrest that abounds."
"The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no possibility to attain a decent standard of living."
"When love and hate are both absent, everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the slightest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth, then hold no opinions for or against anything. To set up what you like against what you dislike is the disease of the mind."
"Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well."
"It is not what he has, nor even what he does, which directly expresses the worth of a man, but what he is."
"We never know when our last day on earth will be. So, love with full sincerity, believe with true faith, and hope with all of your might. Better to have lived in truth and discovered life, than to have lived half heartedly and died long before you ever ceased breathing."
"People wait around too long for love. I'm happy with all of my lusts!"
"I think that the best thing we can do for our children is to allow them to do things for themselves, allow them to be strong, allow them to experience life on their own terms, allow them to take the subway... let them be better people, let them believe more in themselves."
"The first law of nature is self-preservation. Cut off that which may harm you. But if it is worth preserving, and is meaningful, nourish it and have no regrets. Ultimately, this is true living and love of self...from within."
"Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope."