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«The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.»
«The secret of the magic of life consists in using action in order to attain non-action. One must not wish to leap over everything and penetrate directly.»
Author: Lu Yen | About: Action, Life | Keywords: leap, penetrate, The Magic
«The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it's a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free.»
«The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me.»
«The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.»
«The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties of early life and out of the striving for a goal.»
Author: Alfred Adler | About: Life, Style, Unity
«The source of all life and knowledge is in man and woman, and the source of all living is in the interchange and the meeting and mingling of these two: man-life and woman-life, man-knowledge and woman-knowledge, man-being and woman-being.»
«The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.»
«The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life only to realize one's own perfection, to make one's every dream a reality.»
«The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.»
Author: Oscar Wilde (Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet) | About: Age, Life, Soul | Keywords: comedy