Alive Quote by Parker J. Palmer

We are determined not to take as the aim of our life fame, profit, wealth, or sensual pleasure, nor to accumulate wealth while millions…

— Nhat Hanh

We are all functioning at a small fraction of our capacity to live fully in its total meaning of loving, caring, creating and adventuring.…

— Herbert Otto Gille

We are beginning to realize that even the most fortunate people are living far below capacity, and that most human beings develop not more…

— Julian Huxley

Whether we give away too much or too little of ourselves, our vitality dwindles.

— Sue Thoele

I believe that life is a journey, often difficult and sometimes incredibly cruel, but we are well equipped for it if only we tap…

— Anonymous

Almost everything worth doing in human life is very difficult in its early stages and the good we are aiming at is never available…

— Dallas Willard

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.

— Joseph Campbell

Life is large. We cannot possibly grasp the whole of it in the few years that we have to live. What is vital? What…

— Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay

We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we…

— Abraham Verghese

This is part of the involuntary bargain we make with the world just by being alive. We get to experiences the splendor of nature,…

— Jeff Greenfield

Here's something we're rarely told growing up: our world rewards wealth, not hard work or talent.

— Winnie Byanyima

When we search for something larger than our own selves to hook into, we can come through whatever life throws at us.

— Anne Lamott