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He wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow.
W. W. Jacobs1863–1943The Monkey’s Paw (1902)In context
- Luck
Live all you can — it’s a mistake not to. It doesn’t so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven’t had that, what have you had?
Henry James1843–1916The Ambassadors (1903), Book V, ch. II
- Advice
We were alone with the quiet day, and his little heart, dispossessed, had stopped.
Henry James1843–1916The Turn of the Screw (1898), Chapter XXIVIn context
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
William James1842–1910The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)
- Faith
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Posthumous publications
- America
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Jesus7 BC–AD 30The Sermon on the Mount
- Hope
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Jesus7 BC–AD 30The Gospel of John (1611), John 10:10 (KJV)In context
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.
Steve Jobs1955–2011Address at Stanford University (2005)
- Decisions
Life is a pill which none of us can bear to swallow without gilding.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol III (20 September 1777) p. 356
Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol III (19 September 1777) p. 351, often misquoted as being hanged in the morning.
If we can’t live in peace, then let’s die in peace.
Jim Jones1931–1978“Death Tape” FBI No. Q042 (November 18, 1978)
Only the dead could afford oblivion.
Robert Jordan1948–2007New Spring (January 2004), Chapter 1: The Hook
One by one they were all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.
James Joyce1882–1941Dubliners (1914), “The Dead”In context
- Age
It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.
James Joyce1882–1941Ulysses (1922), Part II, Episode 14 (3 of 3)In context