"A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects."

Living, Longevity, Man, Potential

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"Don't look for meaning in life. It was meant to be lived not understood."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Living, Meaning, Life, Understanding, Existence

"Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live and a good day to die. Every day is also an apt time to learn and express joy and love for the entire natural world. Each day is an apt time to make contact with other people and express empathy for the entire world. Each day is perfect to accept with indifference all aspects of being."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Living, Life, Day, Joy, Love

"He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

Living, Man, Memory, Present

"All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore, or pronounce to be monstrous and wrong, or deny to be possible."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

Living, Wrong

"Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Living, Life, Gratitude, Contentment, Philosophy

"I'm fine," [her dad] said gently. "Back on the horse, Cath.''What's the horse?' she sighed, watching him pull on a South High hoodie. 'Jogging? Working too much?''Living,' he said, a little too loud. 'Life's the horse."

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

Living, Life, Recovery, Strength

"I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved."

Barbara Kingsolver, American Novelist

Living, Mind

"There are two types of egoism: one is living and other one is lifeless. As long as the living egoism is there, one can never attain the awareness of the Self (Atma)."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Living, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Living, Selfishness, Wishes

"You can believe in Christ and live a Christ like life."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Living, Christ, Life, Belief, Faith

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"Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle."

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"Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death."

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"Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way."

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"Don't look for meaning in life. It was meant to be lived not understood."

"He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man."

"All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore, or pronounce to be monstrous and wrong, or deny to be possible."

"Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift."

"I'm fine," [her dad] said gently. "Back on the horse, Cath.''What's the horse?' she sighed, watching him pull on a South High hoodie. 'Jogging? Working too much?''Living,' he said, a little too loud. 'Life's the horse."

"I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved."

"There are two types of egoism: one is living and other one is lifeless. As long as the living egoism is there, one can never attain the awareness of the Self (Atma)."

"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live."

"You can believe in Christ and live a Christ like life."

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"A closed mind is a dying mind."

"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling."

"Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight."

"Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets."

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"Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way."

"A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle."