Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
You can hope for a miracle in your life, or you realize that your life is the miracle.
I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.
Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
Go after what it is that creates meaning in your life and then trust yourself to handle the stress that follows.
Be the compromise you want to see in the world.
Live your life to the fullest.
When you have a sense of your own identity and a vision of where you want to go in your life, you then have the basis for reaching out to the world and going after your dreams for a better life.
The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth.
Build what you want to see in the world.
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
Oh Lord please don't burn us don't kill or toast your flock. Don't put us on the barbecue or simmer us in stock. Don't bake or baste or boil us or stir-fry us in a wok.
Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be...including our perception. Of it
Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.
Fill what is empty, empty what is full, and scratch where it itches.
There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
Life is a series of collisions with the future.
Beyond work and love, I would add two other ingredients that give meaning to life. First, to fulfill whatever talents we are born with. However blessed we are by fate with different abilities and strengths, we should try to develop them to the fullest, rather than allow them to atrophy and decay. ... Second, we should try to leave the world a better place than when we entered it.
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