Life Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about life.

Jean Paul

Jean Paul

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The memory is the only paradise from which we cannot be expelled.

Robert Kennedy

Robert Kennedy

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Every time a man defends an ideal, acts to improve the fate of others, or fights against an injustice, he transmits a tiny wave of hope.

Enrique Múgica Herzog

Enrique Múgica Herzog

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Longing is the path to becoming a pillar of salt.

Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami

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When one gets used to never getting what they want, you know what happens? They end up not even knowing what they want.

Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami

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Even if you manage to hide the memories, or bury them deep down, you cannot erase history. History cannot be erased or altered. Because it would mean killing yourself.

José Ortega y Gasset

José Ortega y Gasset

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We are not shot into existence like a rifle bullet with a completely determined trajectory. It is false to say that what determines us are the circumstances. On the contrary, the circumstances are the dilemma in front of which we have to make a decision. But it is our character that decides.

José Ortega y Gasset

José Ortega y Gasset

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The world is the sum total of our life possibilities.

José Ortega y Gasset

José Ortega y Gasset

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Whoever does not truly feel lost is inexorably lost; that is to say, they never find themselves, they never come face to face with their own reality.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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I believe that at fifty, everyone has the face they deserve.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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The characteristic of current life is not insecurity and cruelty, but restlessness and poverty.

George Orwell

George Orwell

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Until they are conscious of their own strength, they will not rebel, and only after rebelling will they become aware. This is the problem.

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal

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What good is it for a man to gain the world if he loses his soul? Whoever wants to save their soul will lose it.