"The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."

Life, Time, Man, Trying, Waste

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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"And there wasn't anything he wanted to do that he couldn't make time for. What did he have to mope about, really? What more did he want? Love, he could hear Eve saying. Purpose. Love. Purpose. Those are the things that you can't plan for. Those are the things that just happen. And what if they don't happen? Do you spend your whole life pining for them? Waiting to be happy?"

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

Life, Love, Purpose, Desire

"Eleanor had never thought about killing herself " ever " but she thought a lot about stopping."

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

Life, Thought, End, Emotion

"Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life."

Voltaire, French Writer

Life, Spirit, Word

"Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so slightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners. Often the attachment is scarcely perceptible."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Life, Fiction

"It can be a beautiful experience to look for the magic that is hidden within the realm of our lives, but let's not let the process blind us to the majesty that is right in front of us."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Life, Magic, Experience, Majesty

"Your life is a reflection. you don't get what you WANT, you get what you ARE. You gotta BE it to SEE it."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Life, Reflection, Want, Be, See

"Many like to ask the questions, few like to hear the answers."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Life, Questions, Answers, Ask, Hear

"This is your life. This is your moment. Think of all you have been through just to get here. MAKE IT COUNT!"

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Life, Moment, Count, Journey

"Be careful! If the opinion of others is your gauge, then it is also your goal. If you concern yourself with what others think, then you can only go as far as others think. You're better than that!"

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Life, Opinion, Others, Gauge, Goal

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"A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog."

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"The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class."

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"San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories."

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"One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself."

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"I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate."

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"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive."

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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."

Personal Development

"Eleanor had never thought about killing herself " ever " but she thought a lot about stopping."

"Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life."

"Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so slightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners. Often the attachment is scarcely perceptible."

"It can be a beautiful experience to look for the magic that is hidden within the realm of our lives, but let's not let the process blind us to the majesty that is right in front of us."

"Your life is a reflection. you don't get what you WANT, you get what you ARE. You gotta BE it to SEE it."

"Many like to ask the questions, few like to hear the answers."

"This is your life. This is your moment. Think of all you have been through just to get here. MAKE IT COUNT!"

"Be careful! If the opinion of others is your gauge, then it is also your goal. If you concern yourself with what others think, then you can only go as far as others think. You're better than that!"

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"A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog."

"The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class."

"San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories."

"One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself."

"I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate."

"Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well."

"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive."