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Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.
The Book of Disquiet
One half of my life has put the other half in the grave
The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them
The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them
To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow
Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic
This life is a hospital where each patient is possessed by the desire to change his bed
We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life
As I grow to understand life less and less I grow to love it more and more
Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it
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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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