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Life Quotes by Pico Iyer
- None of the things in life - like love or faith - was arrived at by thinking; indeed, one could almost define the things that…
- I do think it’s only by stopping movement that you can see where to go. And it’s only by stepping out of your life and…
- Making a living and making a life sometimes point in opposite directions.
- I suddenly realized I was racing around so much, I could never catch up with my life
- In the end, we need two things to lead a balanced life - a sense of the world and a sense of ourselves; it's like…
- I sometimes think that so much of our life takes place inside our heads - in memory or imagination or interpretation or speculation - that…
- The recipe to an unhappy life in Japan is to want to be Japanese if you are not. Anyone who wants to penetrate the country…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle