“We commanded man to be good to his parents. His mother carried him with increasing weakness, and his weaning takes 2 years. Be grateful to Me and to your parents.”
Luqman · Quran, Surah Luqman 31:14
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459 quotes on life and the lessons it teaches — from the classics to the everyday.
“You've been so alone. And you think that's the price of being extraordinary. And maybe it is. But you've been paying it so long.”
Molly Hooper · BBC Sherlock, Series 4, Episode 3: The Final Problem, 2017
“You're not haunted by the war, Dr. Watson. You miss it.”
Sherlock Holmes · BBC Sherlock, Series 1, Episode 1: A Study in Pink, 2010
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
Søren Kierkegaard · Journals, 1843
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
Oscar Wilde · The Soul of Man Under Socialism, 1891
“The purpose of life is a life of purpose.”
Robert Byrne
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
Robert Frost
“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
Allen Saunders · Reader's Digest, January 1957
“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself.”
Walt Whitman · Leaves of Grass, 1855
“Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.”
Seneca · Letters to Lucilius, c. 65 AD
“All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.”
Leo Tolstoy · Anna Karenina, 1878
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky · The Brothers Karamazov, 1880
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
J.R.R. Tolkien · The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Mary Oliver · The Summer Day, 1990
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
Albus Dumbledore · Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling, 1997
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
Mark Twain
“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
Joseph Campbell
