#co

The life of every individual is really always a tragedy, but gone through in detail, it has the character of a comedy. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#life #tragedy #life

I had a place in England and was commuting from England to Australia, which is pretty stupid, but after two years I sort of knew what I wanted to do, more or less. ↗

— Diane Cilento

#australia #commuting #england #had #i

There are no negatives in life, only challenges to overcome that will make you stronger. ↗

— Eric Bates

#overcoming-challenges #life

I hate imperialism. I detest colonialism. And I fear the consequences of their last bitter struggle for life. We are determined, that our nation, and the world as a whole, shall not be the play thing of one small corner of the world ↗

— Sukarno

#imperialism #indonesia #life

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 Schweitzer

#life #living #philosophy #life

Play to your strengths.” “I haven’t got any,” said Harry, before he could stop himself. “Excuse me,” growled Moody, “you’ve got strengths if I say you’ve got them. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#education #encouragement #exhortation #prophecy #education

And now my past and my future are colliding in a way I never thought possible. ↗

— E.L. James

#inspirtational #life #life

Seeds have the power to preserve species, to enhance cultural as well as genetic diversity, to counter economic monopoly and to check the advance of conformity on all its many fronts. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#garden #gardening #nature #nonconformity #preservation

Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and the thing observed. ↗

— John Searle

#concerned #conscious #distinction #observation #observed

The point is, life has to be endured, and lived. But how to live it is the problem. ↗

— Daphne du Maurier

#my-cousin-rachel #life