CURATED COLLECTION

Living Life Fully

Aliveness is a choice — on showing up completely, rather than partially, for your own existence.

50 quotes found

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I am the living Light, who gives health to every living thing, who crowns with joy everything.

—Hildegard of BingenComposer, Philosopher & Mystic

Medieval ERA • Western Europe

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Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift—there is nothing small about it.

—Florence NightingaleReformer

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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To live without passion is merely to exist, not truly to live.

—Victoria OcampoWriter & Intellectual

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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Music is not just notes, it's feeling, it's life, it's connection.

—Nnenna FreelonArtist

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Come, let us be friends for once. Let us make life easy on us.

—Yunus EmrePoet

Medieval ERA • MENA

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Let others praise ancient times; I am glad to be born in these.

—OvidPoet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

—Dalai Lama (14th)Spiritual Leader

Late Modern ERA • East Asia

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The power of finding beauty in humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

—Louisa May AlcottNovelist & Poet

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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The joy of life is to be used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.

—Theodore RooseveltPresident & Naturalist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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There are few joys in this life greater than the joy of success.

—Mohsin HamidNovelist

Digital Age ERA • South Asia

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To sing is to live twice, to give life to stories that must be told.

—Amparo OchoaActivist

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.

—Audrey HepburnActress & Humanitarian

Late Modern ERA • Western Europe

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Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow.

—HoraceLyric Poet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Rain brings the world to life; what greater gift exists?

—TiruvalluvarPoet, Philosopher & Author

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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Where there is true love, the smallest room will become a palace.

—Xu ZhimoPoet

Early Modern ERA • East Asia

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Let us crown ourselves with roses, let us drink wine.

—AnacreonLyric Poet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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The world is beautiful, and I am glad I was born.

—Jaroslav SeifertPoet & Author

Late Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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To read is to live many lives, to travel without moving, to truly see the world.

—Victoria OcampoWriter & Intellectual

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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My biggest joy is making people around me happy. Giving back is everything.

—DavidoScholar & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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Let your clothes be clean, your head washed, bathe often. Look at the small child holding your hand.

—Sin-leqi-unninniScholar

Ancient World ERA • MENA

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