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Living Quotes


"You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by."


"Everyone should have a philosophy for living better."


"We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away."



"Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do."



"Most Sunday magazines, with the New York Times as an exception, are kind of sleepy, weekend service vehicles to move living room products."



"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)."


"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."


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


"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."


"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."


"Haven't you felt a peculiar sort of worry about the chair in your living room that no one sits in?"
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