#live

Our ancestors always thought of the worst thing that could happen, and that's why we're alive. ↗

How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#barely #billions #declaring #go #harmony

I learnt a lot about myself, I learnt a lot about other people and the problems they have. If I was lucky enough to live to a hundred, how I will feel about two per cent of my life being that way, I don't know. ↗

— Jeffrey Archer

#being #cent #enough #feel #how

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#continue #growing #growth #learning #live

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#comes #expect #i #lived #precept

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live. ↗

— Aristotle

#certain #conditions #crises #danger #does

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god. ↗

— Aristotle

#because #either #god #himself #live

To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

#alive #being #creative #great #happiness

We make war that we may live in peace. ↗

— Aristotle

#live #make #may #war

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. ↗