Literary Quotes About The Human Condition
Beneath the vast canopy of stars, within the echoing chambers of our hearts, lies a profound mystery: the human condition. We laugh, we love, we weep, we yearn, weaving tapestries of experiences as diverse as the leaves on a thousand trees. The threads of these tapestries are spun from joy and sorrow, triumph and defeat, whispered hopes and deafening fears.
Throughout history, wordsmiths have strived to capture the essence of this human tapestry in their inkwells. From the timeless verses of ancient poets to the contemporary prose of modern storytellers, literary quotes illuminate the intricate depths of our existence. They pierce the veil of the mundane, revealing the raw beauty and poignant fragility of being human.
- “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
- “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway
- “All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
- “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
- “It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” – J.K. Rowling
- “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott
- “Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.” – Jean-Paul Sartre
- “The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
- “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – Allen Saunders
- “It is not our abilities that show what we truly are… it is our choices.” – Dumbledore, J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)
- “We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.” – J.K. Rowling
- “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.” – Sylvia Plath
- “The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.” – Ernest Hemingway
- “I think… if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.” – Leo Tolstoy (Anna Karenina)
- “All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.” – T.E. Lawrence
- “What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- “In our village, folks say God crumbles up the old moon into stars.” – Alexander Solzhenitsyn
- “We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.” – J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
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