--- title: "12 Life Revealed Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Life Revealed quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Life Revealed sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/anonymous-1_creating_it-is-through-creating-not-possessing-th_1567098.jpg" --- > [It is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-through-creating-not-possessing-that-life-is-revealed/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/anonymous-1_creating_it-is-through-creating-not-possessing-th_1567098.jpg) > [I stared at the television in shock, watching as my private life was revealed to the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-stared-at-the-television-in-shock-watching-as-my-private-life-was/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/anonymous-1_life_i-stared-at-the-television-in-shock-watc_2744868.jpg) > [“Perhaps our life is revealed only when we no longer resist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-postupack/perhaps-our-life-is-revealed-only-when-we-no-longer-resist/) [Kevin Postupack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-postupack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c28/kevin-postupack-253566_life_perhaps-our-life-is-revealed-only-when-w_1377579.jpg) > [The meaning of life can be revealed but never explained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-rexroth/the-meaning-of-life-can-be-revealed-but-never-explained/) [Kenneth Rexroth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-rexroth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/kenneth-rexroth-13529_funny_the-meaning-of-life-can-be-revealed-but_2958982.jpg) > [Practice is this life, and realization is this life, and this life is revealed right here and now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taizan-maezumi/practice-is-this-life-and-realization-is-this-life-and-this-life-is/) [Taizan Maezumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taizan-maezumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/taizan-maezumi-41212_here-and-now_practice-is-this-life-and-realization-is_1292676.png) > [...the measure of life is revealed in the quality of our relationships: with God, our families, our fellow men." - A Perfect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/the-measure-of-life-is-revealed-in-the-quality-of-our-relationships/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/richard-paul-evans-1002_family_the-measure-of-life-is-revealed-in-the-q_1848372.png) > [Each book is a mind alive, a life revealed, a world awaiting exploration, but living people are all those things, as well—and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/each-book-is-a-mind-alive-a-life-revealed-a-world-awaiting/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5a/dean-koontz-118_alive_each-book-is-a-mind-alive-a-life-reveale_860502.jpg) > [Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-zander/life-is-revealed-as-a-place-to-contribute-and-we-as-contributors-not/) [Benjamin Zander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-zander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/benjamin-zander-20848_contribute_life-is-revealed-as-a-place-to-contribut_94923.jpg) > [“Lizbet basically knew how to live a happy life and this was revealed in the trifle—she put it what she loved and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-lee/lizbet-basically-knew-how-to-live-a-happy-life-and-this-was-revealed/) [Rebecca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f80/rebecca-lee-24021_happy-life_lizbet-basically-knew-how-to-live-a-happ_2731966.jpg) > [“Ordinary people waited till life disclosed to them its secrets, but to the few, to the elect, the mysteries of life were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/ordinary-people-waited-till-life-disclosed-to-them-its-secrets-but-to-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/oscar-wilde-16_life_ordinary-people-waited-till-life-disclos_2714411.jpg) > [Ordinary people waited till life disclosed to them its secrets, but to the few, to the elect, the mysteries of life were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/ordinary-people-waited-till-life-disclosed-to-them-its-secrets-but-to/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/oscar-wilde-16_art_ordinary-people-waited-till-life-disclos_1962782.jpg) > [“There has been a time since when I have wondered whether, if the life before her could have been revealed to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-has-been-a-time-since-when-i-have-wondered-whether-if-the-life/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/charles-dickens-34_children_there-has-been-a-time-since-when-i-have_223425.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-revealed/#itemlist", "name": "Life Revealed Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-through-creating-not-possessing-that-life-is-revealed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/anonymous-1_creating_it-is-through-creating-not-possessing-th_1567098.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/anonymous-1_creating_it-is-through-creating-not-possessing-th_1567098.jpg", 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Sometimes this was the effect of art, and chiefly of the art of literature, which dealt immediately with the passions and the intellect.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/ordinary-people-waited-till-life-disclosed-to-them-its-secrets-but-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/oscar-wilde-16_art_ordinary-people-waited-till-life-disclos_1962782.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/oscar-wilde-16_art_ordinary-people-waited-till-life-disclos_1962782.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/oscar-wilde-16_art_ordinary-people-waited-till-life-disclos_1962782.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ordinary people waited till life disclosed to them its secrets, but to the few, to the elect, the mysteries…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There has been a time since when I have wondered whether, if the life before her could have been revealed to me at a glance, and so revealed as that a child could fully comprehend it, and if her preservation could have depended on a motion of my hand, I ought to have held it up to save her. 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