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«There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.»
Author: Alexander Woollcott | About: Life | Keywords: unimportant
«There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.»
«There is only one success -to be able to spend your life in your own way.»
Author: Christopher Morley | About: Life
«There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.»
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson (Author, Essayist, Poet) | About: Life | Keywords: dinner, sweets
«These days, awareness and three dollars will get you a cappuccino ? no more. As vital as awareness is to the process of improving your life, to suddenly be awake and aware means nothing if you simply leave it at that. Awareness only matters if it impacts my actions.»
«There is no enlightenment outside of daily life.»
«There may be a time in life when one is tired of everything and feels as if all one does is wrong, and there maybe some truth in it- do you think this is a feeling one must try to forget and to banish, or is it 'the longing for God,' which one must not fear, but cherish to see if it may bring us some good? Is it 'the longing for God' which leads us to make a choice which we never regret? Let us keep courage and try to be patient and gentle. And not mind being eccentric, and make distinction between good and evil.»
«These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.»
«There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives to his life by the unfolding of his powers.»
Author: Erich Fromm (Philosopher, Psychoanalyst) | About: Life | Keywords: unfolding
«There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.»