Life Quotes · Page 25

Reflect on the deeper meaning of existence with profound life quotes from philosophers, poets, and everyday wisdom. These quotes help you navigate the beautiful complexity of living.

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“He brought me hither to my great surprise From life I gather but a dark surmise; I go perforce. Why come? Why live? Why go? I ask these questions, but find no replies.”

— Omar Khayyam

“I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“I am angry nearly every day of my life, but I have learned not to show it; and I still try to hope not to feel it, though it may take me another forty years to do it.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“If people really want to go, and really try all their lives, I think they will get in; for I don’t believe there are any locks on that door, or any guards at the gate.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“It was not a fashionable place, but even among the pleasant people there, the girls made few friends, preferring to live for one another.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“The invigorating air did them both good, and much exercise worked wholesome changes in minds as well as bodies. They seemed to get clearer views of life and duty up there among…”

— Louisa May Alcott

“Some people are able to accept living with a severe disability. I am not one of them, and that is why I have a keen interest in research and am deeply disturbed by unreasonable…”

— Christopher Reeve

“The life expectancy for Americans has practically doubled over the course of this century. Now it is our responsibility to ensure that from cradle to grave, these years are ones…”

— Christopher Reeve

“All literary men are Red Sox fans—to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.”

— John Cheever

“The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one’s life and discover one’s usefulness.”

— John Cheever

“Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.”

— Thomas Szasz

“That is an astonishing statement and yet proven a thousand times every day of our lives. It expresses, in part, our inescapable connection with the outside world, the fact that we…”

— J.K. Rowling