--- title: "12 Having Born Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Having Born quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Having Born sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/ross-macdonald-10904_life_some-men-spend-their-lives-looking-for-w_1510847.jpg" --- > [“Some men spend their lives looking for ways to punish themselves for having been born.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-macdonald/some-men-spend-their-lives-looking-for-ways-to-punish-themselves-for/) [Ross Macdonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-macdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/ross-macdonald-10904_life_some-men-spend-their-lives-looking-for-w_1510847.jpg) > [Life without God and without meaning is worse than never having been born at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-without-god-and-without-meaning-is-worse-than-never-having-been/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/anonymous-1_life_life-without-god-and-without-meaning-is_1658668.jpg) > [The fact of having been born is a bad augury for immortality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-santayana/the-fact-of-having-been-born-is-a-bad-augury-for-immortality/) [George Santayana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-santayana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d56/george-santayana-478_born_the-fact-of-having-been-born-is-a-bad-au_2499398.png) > [“Having born as a human, one has to distinguish between, ‘what is of the Self’, and ‘what is of the non-Self’.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-bhagwan/having-born-as-a-human-one-has-to-distinguish-between-what-is-of-the/) [Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-bhagwan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a37/dada-bhagwan-31_identity_having-born-as-a-human-one-has-to-distin_3084513.jpg) > [But here's what I've learned in this war, in this country, in this city: to love the miracle of having been born.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oriana-fallaci/but-here-s-what-i-ve-learned-in-this-war-in-this-country-in-this-city/) [Oriana Fallaci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oriana-fallaci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65e/oriana-fallaci-3082_born_but-here-s-what-i-ve-learned-in-this-war_894938.png) > [I have always looked on disobedience toward the oppressive as the only way to use the miracle of having been born.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oriana-fallaci/i-have-always-looked-on-disobedience-toward-the-oppressive-as-the/) [Oriana Fallaci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oriana-fallaci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fe/oriana-fallaci-3082_born_i-have-always-looked-on-disobedience-tow_1675901.png) > [“She managed to thank God for having been born before she lost herself in the inconceivable pleasure of that unbearable pain, splashing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/she-managed-to-thank-god-for-having-been-born-before-she-lost-herself/) [Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e8/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_thank-god_she-managed-to-thank-god-for-having-been_673236.jpg) > [We’re only here for a short while. And I think it’s such a lucky accident, having been born, that we’re almost obliged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-strand/we-re-only-here-for-a-short-while-and-i-think-it-s-such-a-lucky/) [Mark Strand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-strand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb3/mark-strand-9847_accident_we-re-only-here-for-a-short-while-and-i_85317.png) > [We are His children in Very deed, having been born of Him in the spirit, and we have inherited the very attributes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-f-richards/we-are-his-children-in-very-deed-having-been-born-of-him-in-the/) [George F. Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-f-richards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ad/george-f-richards-56835_attributes_we-are-his-children-in-very-deed-having_950471.png) > [It is true that I had wanted to die , but that is peculiarly different from regretting having been born. Overwhelmingly, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-redfield-jamison/it-is-true-that-i-had-wanted-to-die-but-that-is-peculiarly-different/) [Kay Redfield Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-redfield-jamison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a7/kay-redfield-jamison-1826_born_it-is-true-that-i-had-wanted-to-die-but_3042558.jpg) > [“The soul having been often born, or, as the Hindus say, ‘traveling the path of existence through thousands of births’ ... there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/the-soul-having-been-often-born-or-as-the-hindus-say-traveling-the/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/615/paramahansa-yogananda-556_hinduism_the-soul-having-been-often-born-or-as-th_1681942.jpg) > [Living is already having been born, in a condition we have not chosen, a situation in which we find ourselves, a quarter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ricoeur/living-is-already-having-been-born-in-a-condition-we-have-not-chosen/) [Paul Ricoeur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ricoeur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/782/paul-ricoeur-16430_backgrounds_living-is-already-having-been-born-in-a_703888.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/having-born/#itemlist", "name": "Having Born Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Some men spend their lives looking for ways to punish themselves for having been born.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ross Macdonald" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-macdonald/some-men-spend-their-lives-looking-for-ways-to-punish-themselves-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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