
„We all have two lives. The second begins when you realize you only have one.“
— Tom Hiddleston English actor, producer and musical performer 1981
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„We all have two lives. The second begins when you realize you only have one.“
— Tom Hiddleston English actor, producer and musical performer 1981
— Sukavich Rangsitpol Thai politician 1935
All for Education
Source: :http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001221/122102Eo.pdf Page53-56
„Don't live to fight, fight to live.“
— Tupac Shakur rapper and actor 1971 - 1996
Source: Resurrection, 1971-1996
„Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, but brains saves both.“
— Erwin Rommel German field marshal of World War II 1891 - 1944
— Michael Jackson American singer, songwriter and dancer 1958 - 2009
Last title displayed on the film.
This Is It
„Love the life you live.
Live the life you love.“
— Bob Marley Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician 1945 - 1981
Variant: Love the life you live. Live the life you love.
— Tupac Shakur rapper and actor 1971 - 1996
Variant: My Mama used to tell me if u can’t find something to live for, you best find something to die for.
Source: Resurrection, 1971-1996
„We are what the past has made us. We are what the future will make us. Live now. Right now.“
— Tom Hiddleston English actor, producer and musical performer 1981
— Robert Baden-Powell lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement 1857 - 1941
„Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.“
— Johnny Depp American actor, film producer, and musician 1963
— Jack London American author, journalist, and social activist 1876 - 1916
The Bulletin, San Francisco, California, December 2, 1916, part 2, p. 1.
Also included in Jack London’s Tales of Adventure, ed. Irving Shepard, Introduction, p. vii (1956)
— Martin Luther King, Jr. American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement 1929 - 1968
Variant: I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
— Bob Marley Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician 1945 - 1981
Could you be loved
Uprising (1979)
Variant: I know that I'm not perfect and that I don't claim to be,
so before you point your fingers make sure your hands are clean.
Context: Who are you to judge the life I live?
I know that I'm not perfect and that I don't claim to be,
so before you point your fingers make sure your hands are clean.
„Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.“
— Charles Bukowski American writer 1920 - 1994
Variant: Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
— Jack London American author, journalist, and social activist 1876 - 1916
Variant: "I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time." also mentioned as Jack London quote in Ian Fleming book You Only Live Twice (1964), Ch. 21 : Orbit
Source: San Francisco Bulletin in 1916. Also included as an introduction to a compilation of Jack London short stories in 1956.
— Charles Bukowski American writer 1920 - 1994
"The Meaning of Life: The Big Picture", Life Magazine (December 1988)
Interviews
„I would rather die standing up to live life on my knees.“
— Ernesto Che Guevara Argentine Marxist revolutionary 1928 - 1967
„The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.“
— Robert Baden-Powell lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement 1857 - 1941
Letter (September 1940)
„Always remember. You will live. You will love. You will dance again.“
— Jennifer Lopez, book True Love
Source: True Love
— Michael Jackson American singer, songwriter and dancer 1958 - 2009
http://rocknrollworldmagazine.com/2015/08/82915-rock-history/
„Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.“
— Anne Frank victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary 1929 - 1945
— Carl Sagan, book Pale Blue Dot
Source: Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (1994), p. 8, Supplemental image at randi.org http://www.randi.org/images/122801-BlueDot.jpg
— Albert Einstein German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity 1879 - 1955
As quoted in Journal of France and Germany (1942–1944) by Gilbert Fowler White, in excerpt published in Living with Nature's Extremes: The Life of Gilbert Fowler White (2006) by Robert E. Hinshaw, p. 62. From the context http://books.google.com/books?id=_2qfZRp9SeEC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false it seems that White did not specify whether he had heard Einstein himself say this or whether he was repeating a quote that had been passed along by someone else, so without a primary source the validity of this quote should be considered questionable.
Some have argued that elsewhere Einstein defined a "miracle" as a type of event he did not believe was possible—Einstein on Religion by Max Jammer (1999) quotes on p. 89 from a 1931 conversation Einstein had with David Reichinstein, where Reichinstein brought up philosopher Arthur Liebert's argument that the indeterminism of quantum mechanics might allow for the possibility of miracles, and Einstein replied that Liebert's argument dealt "with a domain in which lawful rationality [determinism] does not exist. A 'miracle,' however, is an exception from lawfulness; hence, there where lawfulness does not exist, also its exception, i.e., a miracle, cannot exist." ("Dort, wo eine Gesetzmässigkeit nicht vorhanden ist, kann auch ihre Ausnahme, d.h. ein Wunder, nicht existieren." D. Reichenstein, Die Religion der Gebildeten (1941), p. 21). However, it is clear from the context that Einstein was stating only that miracles cannot exist in a domain (quantum mechanics) where lawful rationality does not exist. He did not claim that miracles could never exist in any domain. Indeed, Einstein clearly believed, as seen in many quotations above, that the universe was comprehensible and rational, but he also described this characteristic of the universe as a "miracle". In another example, he is quoted as claiming belief in a God, "Who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world."
As quoted in From Yale to Jail: The Life Story of a Moral Dissenter (1993) by David T. Dellinger, p. 418
Disputed
Variant: There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Variant: There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
— Jane Goodall British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist 1934
The Ten Trusts (2003), p. xv
— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works 1892 - 1973
— Paramahansa Yogananda Yogi, a guru of Kriya Yoga and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship 1893 - 1952
— Adolf Hitler, book Mein Kampf
Variant: He who would live must fight. He who doesn't wish to fight in this world, where permanent struggle is the law of life, has not the right to exist.
Source: Mein Kampf
— Jesse Owens American track and field athlete 1913 - 1980
As quoted in "Owens pierced a myth" http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016393.html (2005), by Larry Schwartz, ESPN SportsCentury
— Adolf Hitler, book Mein Kampf
1920s, Zweites Buch (1928)
Source: Mein Kampf
Context: Jewry is a Folk with a racial core that is not wholly unitary. Nevertheless, as a Folk, it has special intrinsic characteristics which separate it from all other Folks living on the globe. Jewry is not a religious community, but the religious bond between Jews; rather is in reality the momentary governmental system of the Jewish Folk. The Jew has never had a territorially bounded State of his own in the manner of Aryan States. Nevertheless, his religious community is a real State, since it guarantees the preservation, the increase and the future of the Jewish Folk. But this is solely the task of the State. That the Jewish State is subject to no territorial limitation, as is the case with Aryan States, is connected with the character of the Jewish Folk, which is lacking in the productive forces for the construction and preservation of its own territorial State.
„Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.“
— John Lennon English singer and songwriter 1940 - 1980
"Strawberry Fields Forever" (1967)
Lyrics
Variant: Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
Context: Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out.
It doesn't matter much to me. Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Strawberry Fields forever.
„You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.“
— John Bunyan English Christian writer and preacher 1628 - 1688
„We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.“
— Ernesto Che Guevara Argentine Marxist revolutionary 1928 - 1967
As quoted in Wise Guys : Brilliant Thoughts and Big Talk from Real Men (2005) by Allan Zullo, p. 36
„the more I live, the more I regret how little i know“
— Claude Monet French impressionist painter 1840 - 1926
— Louis Sachar, book Holes
Variant: Zero wasnt worried, " When you spend your whole life living in a shole", he said, "the only way you can go is up.
Source: Holes
„Live in the moment. Moments make history.“
— Nikki Sixx American musician 1958
Source: This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx
„Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.“
— Ronald Reagan American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989) 1911 - 2004
„A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.“
— Martin Luther King, Jr. American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement 1929 - 1968
Variant: If a man hasn’t found something he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.
Source: The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
„A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
That day.“
— Emily Dickinson, book The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Source: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
„Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.“
— Martin Luther King, Jr. American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement 1929 - 1968
Source: I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
„Live, love, laugh, leave a legacy.“
— Stephen R. Covey American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker 1932 - 2012
— Marcus Garvey Jamaica-born British political activist, Pan-Africanist, orator, and entrepreneur 1887 - 1940
Source: Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey
„Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.“
— Dolly Parton American singer-songwriter and actress 1946
— Jane Goodall British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist 1934
Source: Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey
„Never lose heart while pursuing the path of trust. Live a principled life.“
— Basava a 12th-century Hindu philosopher, statesman, Kannada Bhakti poet of Lingayatism 1134 - 1196
Basavanna's Preachings
— Dwayne Johnson American actor and professional wrestler 1972
The Rock's return to WWE Raw as host of WrestleMania XXVII (14 February, 2011) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8ejiG5-BtA&feature=related.
— Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Brazilian politician, 35th president of Brazil 1945
Testimony to the Federal Police regarding the "Lava-jato Operation" investigation. ‘Não tem uma viva alma mais honesta do que eu’, afirma Lula http://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/fausto-macedo/nao-tem-uma-viva-alma-mais-honesta-do-que-eu-afirma-lula/ at estadao.com.br 01.20.2016
— Jeffrey Dahmer American serial killer, cannibal and necrophile 1960 - 1994
In an interview with Stone Phillips, Dateline NBC (29 November 1994)
— Sophie Scholl White Rose member 1921 - 1943
As quoted in O<sub>2</sub> : Breathing New Life Into Faith (2008) by Richard Dahlstrom, Ch. 4 : Artisans of Hope: Stepping into God's Kingdom Story, p. 63; this source is disputed as it does not cite an original document for the quote. It is also used in <i> The White Rose </i> (1991) by Lillian Garrett-Groag, a monologue during Sophie's interrogation.
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Context: The real damage is done by those millions who want to "survive." The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don't want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won't take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don't like to make waves — or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honor, truth, and principles are only literature. Those who live small, mate small, die small. It's the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you'll keep it under control. If you don't make any noise, the bogeyman won't find you. But it's all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?! From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn.
— Sophie Scholl White Rose member 1921 - 1943
As quoted by Else Gebel, in letter to Robert Scholl (November, 1946). Original German text. http://www.mythoselser.de/texts/scholl-gebel.htm
— Jack Kerouac, book On the Road
Part One, Ch. 1
On the Road (1957)
Context: They danced down the streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!"
— Henry Beston American writer 1888 - 1968
Source: The Outermost House, 1928, p. 25: Ch 2
Source: The Outermost House: A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod
Context: We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature, and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather magnified and the whole image in distortion. We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours they moved finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth.
„Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.“
— Viktor E. Frankl, book Man's Search for Meaning
Source: Quoted in Man's Search for Meaning and attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche.
„Too weird to live, too rare to die!“
— Hunter S. Thompson, book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Source: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
„Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart.
… live in the question.“
— Rainer Maria Rilke, book Letters to a Young Poet
Source: Letters to a Young Poet
— Martha Graham American dancer and choreographer 1894 - 1991
I Am A Dancer (1952)
Source: Blood Memory
„To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.“
— Carl Sagan American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator 1934 - 1996
Source: Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
„We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.“
— Carlos Castaneda, book Journey to Ixtlan
Source: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe, (1998), Quotations from "Journey to Ixtlan" (Chapter 8)