“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
Robert Frost
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266 quotes on life and the lessons it teaches — from the classics to the everyday.
“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
Allen Saunders · Reader's Digest, January 1957
“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself.”
Walt Whitman · Leaves of Grass, 1855
“Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.”
Seneca · Letters to Lucilius, c. 65 AD
“All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.”
Leo Tolstoy · Anna Karenina, 1878
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky · The Brothers Karamazov, 1880
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
J.R.R. Tolkien · The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Mary Oliver · The Summer Day, 1990
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
Albus Dumbledore · Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling, 1997
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
Mark Twain
“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
Joseph Campbell
“Wherever you are is the entry point.”
Kabir
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”
Maya Angelou
“The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It's always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments.”
Tahereh Mafi · Shatter Me, 2011
“We didn't realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun.”
Winnie the Pooh · The House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne, 1928
“After my illness, I realized that every single sound is precious to me.”
Ryuichi Sakamoto · Interview, 2015
“You are not the oil, you are not the air, merely the point of combustion between them.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald · The Crack-Up, 1936
