49 Quotes On Living the Good Life
Perspectives on lifelong learning, authenticity, and self-authorship
If I had to choose a favorite quote, it would be:
“The real journey of discovery consists not in going new places, but in having new eyes.”
— Marcel Proust
The following are the runners-up — each a variation on Proust’s theme. At some point, each of these quotes has been a source of strength, inspiration, joy, or encouragement.
I hope they give you something as well!
49 Quotes For the Good Life
“A path is made by walking on it.”
― Chuang Tzu
“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.”
— Oscar Wilde
“The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.”
― Brother David Steindl-Rast
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
— George Bernard Shaw
“But reinventing yourself is, to me, the greatest fun of all.”
— Barry Gibbs, of the BeeGees, in 2021
“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.” ― Hafiz
"So many people live within unhappy circumstances and ye…
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