“Before you measure the years, you measure the days.”
Mitch Albom (1958) American author
Source: The Time Keeper
“No one measures a life in weeks and days. You measure life in years and by the things that happen to you.”
Source: How to Save a Life
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“When you are measuring life, you are not living it.”
Mitch Albom (1958) American author
Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)
Variant: When you learn how to die, you learn how to live.
Source: The Time Keeper
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Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) Korean religious leader
The Way of God's Will Chapter 2-2 Character http://www.unification.org/ucbooks/WofGW/wogw2-02.htm Translated 1980.
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Pizarro (first acted 24 May 1799), Act iv, Scene 1. Compare: "Who well lives, long lives; for this age of ours / Should not be numbered by years, daies, and hours", Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Second Week, Fourth Day, Book ii.
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Source: A Circle of Quiet