Life
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One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life
Life has no meaning the moment you loose the illusion of being eternal
Life begins on the other side of despair
The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am I if I am not a participant? In order to be, I must participate
Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself
Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction
Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer
Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be
In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the fortress of his will
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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