"It's not enough merely to exist. Every man has to seek in his own way to make his own self more noble and to realize his own true worth."

Belonging, Worth, Existence, Purpose, Self

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"It's not enough merely to exist. Every man has to seek in his own way to make his own self more noble and to realize his own true worth."

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"I promise, Matthias. I'll take you home.""Nina," he said, pressing her hand to his heart. "I am already home."

Leigh Bardugo, Israeli Author

Belonging, Love, Home, Devotion

"She wasn't chaos. She was more of a slow burn that caught in your heart... and then you had no choice but to engulf her all at once. She was home."

Alfa H, American Author

Belonging, Love, Home, Heart, Intensity

"I'm not sure this is a world I belong in anymore. I'm not sure that I want to wake up."

Gayle Forman, American Journalist

Belonging, Existence, Life, Truth

"We all seek that somewhere to which we belong and that somewhere is surely not here!"

Jasleen Kaur Gumber, Indian Writer

Belonging, Identity, Home, Emotion

"My guess is that the Jonathan would be as out of place in England or Kazakhstan, the native ground of its ancestors, as I would be in Russia, the native ground of my own. The arrow of natural history won't be reversed: by now the Jonathan's as much an American as I am."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Belonging, Identity, Heritage, History, Self

"Where we sail and anchor our heart fill up the multitude odyssey paving to the coming home of our soul."

Angelica Hopes, Swiss Author

Belonging, Heart, Journey, Home, Soul

"I told the students that they were at the age when they might begin to choose places that would sustain them the rest of their lives, that places were more reliable than human beings, and often much longer-lasting, and I asked them where they felt at home."

Rebecca Solnit, American Actress

Belonging, Home, Identity, Choice

"But even if every house looked identical-if all the furnishings were the same- it still wouldn't feel like yours.That's because home isn't where you are. It's who you're with."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Belonging, Home, Love, People

"People often belittle the place where they were born but heaven can be found in the most unlikely places."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Belonging, Home, Happiness, Surprise

"My fear of standing alone often pressures me to stand with a rather unsavory group that embraces a rather unsettling belief system which leaves me wondering why I left the promises of God for the company of people."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Belonging, Fear, Truth, Life, Power

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"I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words."

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"Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life."

Life

"The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up."

Life

"Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too."

Time

"Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality."

Life

"One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve."

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"Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed."

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"I promise, Matthias. I'll take you home.""Nina," he said, pressing her hand to his heart. "I am already home."

"She wasn't chaos. She was more of a slow burn that caught in your heart... and then you had no choice but to engulf her all at once. She was home."

"I'm not sure this is a world I belong in anymore. I'm not sure that I want to wake up."

"We all seek that somewhere to which we belong and that somewhere is surely not here!"

"My guess is that the Jonathan would be as out of place in England or Kazakhstan, the native ground of its ancestors, as I would be in Russia, the native ground of my own. The arrow of natural history won't be reversed: by now the Jonathan's as much an American as I am."

"Where we sail and anchor our heart fill up the multitude odyssey paving to the coming home of our soul."

"I told the students that they were at the age when they might begin to choose places that would sustain them the rest of their lives, that places were more reliable than human beings, and often much longer-lasting, and I asked them where they felt at home."

"But even if every house looked identical-if all the furnishings were the same- it still wouldn't feel like yours.That's because home isn't where you are. It's who you're with."

"People often belittle the place where they were born but heaven can be found in the most unlikely places."

"My fear of standing alone often pressures me to stand with a rather unsavory group that embraces a rather unsettling belief system which leaves me wondering why I left the promises of God for the company of people."

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"A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint."

"Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life."

"Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation."

"I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words."

"Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life."

"The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up."

"Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too."

"Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality."

"One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve."

"Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed."