Life
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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
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one
He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life
Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth
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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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