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I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.
Robert Falcon Scott1868–1912“Message to the Public” (March 1912), in Scott’s Last Expedition (1913), vol. 1
- Courage
True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: “I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.”
Albert Schweitzer1875–1965Kulturphilosophie (1923), Vol. 2: Civilization and Ethics, Chapter 26 “The Civilizing Power of the Ethics of Reverence for Life”
- Philosophy
Ah, life is a gate, a way, a path to Paradise anyway, why not live for fun and joy and love or some sort of girl by a fireside, why not go to your desire and LAUGH…
Jack Kerouac1922–1969Big Sur (1962)
- Happiness
In this world, there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.
Charlie Chaplin1889–1977The Great Dictator (1940), the barber’s closing speech
- Freedom
Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it. Human life therefore is infinitely precious.
Aung San Suu Kyiborn 1945In Quest of Democracy (1991)
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
There is no field other than the weird in which I have any aptitude or inclination for fictional composition. Life has never interested me so much as the escape from life.
H. P. Lovecraft1890–1937Letter to J. Vernon Shea (August 7, 1931), quoted in “H.P. Lovecraft, a Life” by S.T. Joshi, p. 579
- Writing
I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living his life, and who had good friends, a fine family. I don’t think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.
Frank Sinatra1915–1998In a 1965 interview with Walter Cronkite, as quoted in “Just A Couple Of Legends” CBS News.com (20 May 1998)
- Family
- Friendship
Colombians! My last wish is for the happiness of the patria. If my death contributes to the end of partisanship and the consolidation of the union, I shall be lowered in peace into my grave.
Simón Bolívar1783–1830Final proclamation to the people of Colombia (10 December 1830), as quoted in Thomas Rourke, Man of Glory: Simón Bolívar (1939)
- Patriotism
Let us live, my Lesbia, and love, and value at one farthing all the talk of crabbed old men. Suns may set and rise again. For us, when the short light has once set, remains to be slept the sleep of one unbroken night.
Catullus84–54 BCV, lines 1–6
- Love
I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970What I Believe (1925)
I heard say the executioner was very good, and I have a little neck.
Anne Boleyn1501–1536Reported by Sir William Kingston, Constable of the Tower, in a letter to Thomas Cromwell (May 1536)
Grief changes shape, but it never ends. People have a misconception that you can deal with it and say, ‘It’s gone, and I’m better.’ They’re wrong. When the people you love are gone, you’re alone.
Keanu Reevesborn 1964Interview with Dotson Rader, Parade (11 June 2006)
- Emotion
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Macbeth (1606), Act V, scene vIn context
Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
Leo Tolstoy1828–1910War and Peace (1869), Bk. XII, Ch. 16
- Love