„There are tons of things in your home and life that you don't use, need, or even particularly want. They just came into your life as impulsive flotsam and jetsam and never found a good exit. Whether you're aware of it or not, this clutter creates indecision and distractions, consuming attention and making unfettered happiness a real chore. It is impossible to realize how distracting all the crap is - whether porcelain dolls, sports cars, or ragged T-shirts - until you get rid of it.“
The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)
Timothy Ferriss12
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„It’s not until they tell you you’re going to die soon that you realize how short life is. Time is the most valuable thing in life because it never comes back. And whether you spend it in the arms of a loved one or alone in a prison-cell, life is what you make of it. Dream big.“
— Stefán Karl Stefánsson Icelandic actor 1975 - 2018
Twitter post (10 March 2018), as quoted in "LazyTown’s Stefan Karl Stefansson confirms ‘inoperable’ cancer has returned" https://metro.co.uk/2018/03/16/lazytowns-stefan-karl-stefansson-confirms-inoperable-cancer-returned-7392066/ (16 March 2018), by Emma Kelly, Metro
„To enjoy life, you don't need fancy nonsense, but you do need to control your time and realize that most things just aren't as serious as you make them out to be.“
— Timothy Ferriss, kniha The 4-Hour Workweek
The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)
„I'd say exercising self-control is very important for a dissolute life. You don't need to control your drug intake to lead a free life. Whether you take no drugs at all or everything you can get your hands on, a free life is separated from that.“
— Pete Doherty English musician, writer, actor, poet and artist 1979
NME (New Musical Express), December 15, 2006
Drugs
„The real question is whether all your pondering and analyses will convince you that life is worth living. That's what it all comes down to.“
— Brian Greene, kniha The Fabric of the Cosmos
The Fabric of the Cosmos : Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality (2004), p. 3
„You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America.“
— Kenneth Rexroth American poet, writer, anarchist, academic and conscientious objector 1905 - 1982
Rothenberg and Antin interview (1958)
„The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.“
— Michel De Montaigne (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman 1533 - 1592
Book I, Ch. 20
Attributed
„To neglect your own mind, that's like to neglect your consciousness. That’s like to give up all hope of joy and happiness, really. You're the only one that can discover for you the meaning of anything. What it means to you. By that, I don't mean intellectual meaning. I mean, what it means, how it makes you feel. You have to see whether you really are happy or not. Whether you really are sad or not. And you have to investigate what goes through your mind.“
— Agnes Martin American artist 1912 - 2004
1974
1970's, interview, K. Horsfield & L. Blumenthal
„The trouble with real life is that you don't know whether you're the hero or just some nice chap who gets bumped off in chapter five to show what a rotter the villain is without anyone minding too much.“
— Sarah Caudwell, kniha The Sirens Sang of Murder
Zdroj: The Sirens Sang of Murder
„All those men who end up disappointing you. After a while, you don't even want to have feelings anymore. You just want to get on with your life.“
— Candace Bushnell, kniha Sex and the City
Zdroj: Sex and the City
„Use your creative imagination to create a past that belongs to your character. I don't want you to be stuck with your own life. It's too little.“
— Stella Adler American actress and teaching coach 1901 - 1992
Obituary in New York Times
„Age shouldn't affect you. It's just like the size of your shoes - they don't determine how you live your life! You're either marvellous or you're boring, regardless of your age.“
— Morrissey English singer 1959
from "The cradle snatchers", article by Frank Worrall, Melody Maker (3 September 1983)
In interviews etc., About life and death
„You can live your life two ways: You can use your language to manipulate. You can use it as a tool to get what you want. But the problem with that is that it assumes you know what you want, and that you're right. And that's a problem, because there's lots of things you don't know, and if you get what you want you may find that (A.) You didn't really want it, and (B.) that you're not the person that started the journey towards that. That happens a lot to people, especially when they use their language in a manipulative way.“
— Jordan Peterson Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology 1962
Other
„Above all, never think you're not good enough. Never think that. In life people will take you at your own reckoning.“
— Isaac Asimov American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction and popular … 1920 - 1992
