"Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?"

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

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"Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?"

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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

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

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

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"The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it?"

Don DeLillo, American Novelist

Life, End, Meaning, Measure

"No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind."

Karl Schlegel, German Philosopher

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"Her pupils were at once her salvation and her despair. They gave her the means of supporting life, but they made life hardly worth supporting."

P. G. Wodehouse, English Writer

Life, Despair, Salvation, Worth

"The question isn't who will be with me in life, rather how will I create the ending I am proud of?"

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

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"To say something great, you must first stop trying to say something great! Sometimes struggling is an obstacle to reach the target! Flow like a river, calmly, naturally, enjoying the present moment, without thinking of the ocean and finally you will be there!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"If you have never met a woman that would never give up, then you have never met a woman that has seen miracles."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

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"How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?"

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"The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences."

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"Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it."

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"Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is."

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"You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one."

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"Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death."

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"To live is not to breathe but to act. It is to make use of our organs, our senses, our faculties, of all the parts of ourselves which give us the sentiment of our existence. The man who has lived the most is not he who has counted the most years but he who has most felt life."

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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."

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

"The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it?"

"No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it."

"An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind."

"Her pupils were at once her salvation and her despair. They gave her the means of supporting life, but they made life hardly worth supporting."

"The question isn't who will be with me in life, rather how will I create the ending I am proud of?"

"To say something great, you must first stop trying to say something great! Sometimes struggling is an obstacle to reach the target! Flow like a river, calmly, naturally, enjoying the present moment, without thinking of the ocean and finally you will be there!"

"If you have never met a woman that would never give up, then you have never met a woman that has seen miracles."

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"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains."

"Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it."

"Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is."

"You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one."

"Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death."

"To live is not to breathe but to act. It is to make use of our organs, our senses, our faculties, of all the parts of ourselves which give us the sentiment of our existence. The man who has lived the most is not he who has counted the most years but he who has most felt life."