 Consider the view now held by most physicists, namely, that the sun with all the planets will in time grow too cold for life, unless indeed some great body dashes into the sun, and thus gives it fresh life. Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more perfect creature than he now is, it is an intolerable thought that he and all other sentient beings are doomed to complete annihilation after such long-continued slow progress.
– Charles Darwin (1809-1882) |
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Quotations about living, feeling alive, and life in general
Charles Darwin – Owing to this struggle for life
| Owing to this struggle for life, any variation, however slight and from whatever cause proceeding, if it be in any degree profitable to an individual of any species, in its infinitely complex relations to other organic beings and to external nature, will tend to the preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring. The offspring, also, will thus have a better chance of surviving.
– Charles Darwin (1809-1882) |
Michel de Montaigne – Life measured by use, not length
 Wherever your life ends, it is all there. The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little; attend to it while you are in it. It lies in your will, not in the number of years, for you to have lived enough.
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James Baldwin – The whole root of our trouble
 Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in totems, taboos, crosses, blood sacrifices, steeples, mosques, races, armies, flags, nations, in order to deny the fact of death, the only fact we have. It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death–ought to decide, indeed, to earn one’s death by confronting with passion the conundrum of life.
– James Baldwin (1924-1987) |
Steve Jobs – Work is going to fill a large part of your life
 Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you ‘Il know when you find it.
– Steve Jobs (1955-2011) |
Aristotle – State exists for the sake of good life
 A state exists for the sake of a good life, and not for the sake of a life only: if life only were the object, slaves and brute animals might form a state, but they cannot, for they have no share in happiness or in a life of free choice.
– Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) |
Anatole France – Another life that will last forever
| The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever. |
Ronald Reagan – Government’s first duty
 Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
– Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) |
Marcus Tullius Cicero – Books are the heart and core of ages past
 For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC) |
Michel de Montaigne – Life is neither good nor evil
| Life in itself is neither good nor evil, it is the scene of good or evil, as you make it.
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Bhartrhari – The endless cycle of sunrise and sunset
| With the endless cycle of sunrise and sunset, life shortens. Engrossed in mundane tasks, man fails to notice the passage of time. Nor anxiety is felt at witnessing birth, advance of years, suffering and finally death. Oh, the world becomes intoxicated after drinking the wine of delusion.
– Bhartrhari (450-510) |
William Penn – Pass through life once
 I expect to pass through life but once. If, therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again.
– William Penn (1644-1718) |
