„The living have never shown me how to live.“

„I paced the floor, knowing that all I possessed were words and dim knowledge that my country had shown me no examples of how to live a human life.“

—  Richard Wright, buch Black Boy

„And after we have shown each other how we have set and kept the clear, healthy boundaries that help us live side by side with each other, let us risk remembering that we never stop silently loving those we once loved out loud.“

—  Oriah Mountain Dreamer Canadian author 1954

„You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie down and die and to never have lived, to have been a job chaser and never have lived.“

—  Gertrude Stein American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays 1874 - 1946

„It pains me to believe that you have never stepped out of the skin you live with.“

—  Brandon Boyd American rock singer, writer and visual artist 1976

„My patients taught me not how to die, but how to live.“

—  Elisabeth Kübler-Ross American psychiatrist 1926 - 2004

„My mother [Eva] told me he used to go behind enemy lines, rub shoulders with the enemy forces and never get caught. … He was always saying how we have to live in harmony with all living things in this world.—Duncan Pegahmagabow“

—  Francis Pegahmagabow World War I sniper 1891 - 1952

„He was teaching me how to die, just as he'd taught me how to live.“

—  Abraham Verghese, buch Cutting for Stone

„In teaching me the way to live
It taught me how to die.“

—  George Pope Morris American publisher 1802 - 1864

„I have 5,000 books in my home, 1,000 of which I feel are close to my heart. They have always shown me the way. Books are my great passion; I could not live without them.“

—  Brunello Cucinelli Italian entrepreneur and philanthropist 1953

„I often hear people call climbing a selfish, egocentric pursuit. I consider this idea a lot. On the surface, as a sport or activity, this may be true. But for most soul climbers, climbing has never been merely about athletics. Climbing has shown me how to look beyond myself and my own desires. It has taught me how to be a part of a community, rather than living in a narrow world of my own making. I have learned, painfully, how to accept help from others. I have learned that my powerful emotions can be my greatest strength, as well as my greatest weakness. Physically and intellectually, climbing has tugged me into the larger world, beyond my own culture and comfort zone. Above all, climbing has shown me the existence of forces beyond the seen world. It has taught me to ponder the meaning of reality. It has shown me that I am small.“

—  Steph Davis American rock climber 1973

„How well I know with what burning intensity you live. You have experienced many lives already, including several you have shared with me- full rich lives from birth to death, and you just have to have these rest periods in between.“

—  Anaïs Nin writer of novels, short stories, and erotica 1903 - 1977

„I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways.“

—  Lucille Ball American actress and businesswoman 1911 - 1989

„I would rather die then try to live without you”, “May you always love me and want me but never have me”, “May you never love anyone but me”.“

—  Jude Deveraux American writer 1947

„Well, Republicans […] a lot of them have never made an honest living in their lives.“

—  Howard Dean American political activist 1948

„This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for.“

—  Bruce Springsteen American singer and songwriter 1949

„Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.“

—  Jean Cocteau French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker 1889 - 1963

„O'Connell: It's been suggested […] by teachers that live football should be shown after kids have gone to bed. Is swearing in football really such a big deal?“

—  Stuart Hall sociologist and cultural theorist 1929 - 2014

„You have to live with the people to know their needs, and you have to live with God to know how to solve them.“

—  John C. Maxwell American author, speaker and pastor 1947

„If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for.“

—  Thomas Merton Priest and author 1915 - 1968