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- Out of life's school of war: What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), The Twilight of the Idols (1899)
- Not only is life a bitch, it has puppies.
- Adrienne E. Gusoff
- Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.
- Anais Nin (1903 - 1977), "Winter of Artifice"
- If human life were long enough to find the ultimate theory, everything would have been solved by previous generations. Nothing would be left to be discovered.
- Stephen Hawking (1942 - ), Interview with The Guardian (UK) September 27, 2005
- I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
- Nathan Hale (1755 - 1776), last words, 22 September 1776 (attributed)
- Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing information.
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007)
- Step with care and great tact
And remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act Just never forget to be dexterous and deft And never mix up your right foot with your left. - Dr. Seuss (1904 - 1991), Oh, the Places You'll Go
- No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.
- Agnes de Mille (1909 - 1993)
- What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup.
- Boris Pasternak (1890 - 1960)
- However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Things do not change, we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do want society.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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