Inspirational Quotes About Life

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Alan Sachs
Death is more universal than life. Everyone dies, but not everyone lives.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery 1900-1944
French writer, poet & journalist
Growing up is not the problem, forgetting is.

Sanskrit Proverb
Look to this day for it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course lies all the realities and varieties of existence. The bliss of growth, the splendour of action, the glory of power. For yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day.

Brendan Schmidt
Writer, men’s group facilitator & podcaster
Hard times have shown me more than ever before, how infinitely beautiful and rich life is, in every imaginable way.

Olive Schreiner 1855-1920
South African author & anti-war campaigner
Our fathers had their dreams, we have ours, the generation that follows will have its own.

Chief Seattle 1780-1866
Native American Chief of Duwamish & Suquamish tribes
We are but a thread in the web of life. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together, all things are connected.

Seneca 4BC-65AD
Roman philosopher & statesman
It is worthier of man to rise in laughter above life than to bewail it. He is more worthy of the human race who laughs at it than he who sheds tears over it.

Dr Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) 1904-1991
American children’s author & cartoonist
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

Dr Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) 1904-1991
American children’s author & cartoonist
Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.

Dr Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) 1904-1991
American children’s author & cartoonist
You’re off to great places, today is your day.
Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.

Katherine Sharp
Sometime in your life you will go on a journey. It will be the longest journey you have ever taken. It is the journey to find yourself.

George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
Irish playwright & critic
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to the next generations.

Fulton John Sheen 1895-1979
American Catholic bishop
Life is like a cash register in that every thought and every deed - like every sale - is registered and recorded.

Betty Shine 1929-2002
English spiritualist, author & healer
In the beginning was the Word
The spoken Word
and much later the written Word
Communication depends on words
There would be no progress
without them
and the words in this book
are the golden threads
that continue to weave a
story from the beginning of
man to the present day.

Religion is a manmade concept, with sets of rules based on the Bible or other religious books. Spirituality is your spontaneous reaction to life: if you are a loving and compassionate person, you won’t need rules to stop you from doing wrong or harmful actions; you will simply not want to.

We all have different paths and we should follow the one that brings the most peace and satisfaction to ourselves.

Bernie Siegel 1932
American pediatric surgeon & author
Be grateful simply for being alive. When you are grateful for life, pure and simple, your life becomes one you can be grateful for. That may strike you as circular or even backward logic, but your attitude really does have an effect on how things work out. When you can’t change your life any other way, you can still change your attitude. When you do, your life changes. you find more chances to love, and you will be surprised to see how much more love is returned to you.

Beau Casper Smart 1987
American dancer, actor & choreographer
Ages are merely reminders of the hours logged on this Earth and the precious time remaining.

Samuel Smiles 1812-1904
Scottish author & government reformer
Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

Father Mowbray Smith
Live out your life as a happy child of God, in the sunshine of His love.

Will Smith 1968
American actor, singer & film producer
I wake up every morning believing today is going to be better than yesterday.

If you’re not making someone else’s life better, then you are wasting time. Your life will become better by making other people’s lives better.

Life is lived on the edge.

Susan Somerset-Webb
Author & speaker
Get out of your head.. And into your life.

Robert Southey 1774-1843
English poet
Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life. They appear so while they are passing; they seem to have been so when we look back on them; and they take up more room in our memory than all the years that succeed them.

Muriel Spark 1918-2006
Scottish novelist, poet & essayist
Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.

Steven Speilberg 1946
American filmmaker & director
All of us every single year, we’re a different person. I don’t think we’re the same person all our lives.

I don’t dream at night, I dream all day. I dream for a living.

Our one goal is to give the world a taste of peace, friendship and understanding through the visual arts, the art of celebration of life.

Rupert Spira 1960
English philosopher & author
The greatest discovery in life is to discover that our essential nature does not share the limits nor the destiny of the body and mind.

Rupert Spira 1960
English philosopher & author
Time is the eternal now, seen through the narrow slit of the mind.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892
English Baptist preacher
He who climbs above the cares of this world, and turns his face to God, has found the sunny side of life.

Barry Stevens 1902-1985
American author & Gestalt therapist
Don’t push the river.. It flows by itself.

Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894
Scottish novelist & essayist
That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of Earth’s beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.

To love playthings as well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honourable youth, and to settle, when the time arrives, into a green and smiling age, is to be a good artist in life and deserve well of yourself and your neighbour.

Meiji Stewart
Author
May you always have…
Adventures to enrich your Soul
Blessings showered upon you
Courage to be yourself
Dreams that come true
Enthusiasm to fuel your passions
Family, friends and faith
Great things to look forward to
Health to live life to the fullest
Imagination to soar on
Joy to colour your thoughts
Knowledge to empower you
Laughter to brighten your days
Memories to keep you warm
New horizons to explore
Opportunities to grow
Peace in your heart
Questions to ponder
Reverence for life
Strength to overcome
Time to say ‘I love you’
Understanding to care
Values to guide you
Wealth enough to share
Xuberance for your xistence
Youthfulness of spirit
Zest to make a difference

Rod Stewart 1945
English singer-songwriter
You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it’s all about family.

Alexandra Stoddard 1941
Author, interior designer & lifestyle writer
Happiness is the first principle of life. But you must choose it.

Tom Stoppard 1937
Czech-British playwright & screenwriter
Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Meryl Streep 1949
American actress
I want to feel my life while I’m in it.

Emmanuel Swedenborg 1688-1772
Swedish scientist, writer & theologian
Each lifetime and each relationship within each lifetime is an opportunity to experience love. When you see each other as the Divine and Eternal Beings that you are, you will never cease to wonder and to glory in the coming together.

Jonathan Swift 1667-1745
Anglo-Irish author, satirist & poet
May you live every day of your life.

Taylor Swift 1989
American singer-songwriter
Anything you put your mind to, and add your imagination into, can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun.

I write songs to help me understand life a little more. I write songs to get past things that cause me pain. And I write songs because sometimes life makes more sense to me when it’s being sung in a chorus and when I can write a verse.

In life and love, you learn that there comes a time to let go and move on.

Taylor Swift 1989
American singer-songwriter
In life, you learn lessons. And sometimes you learn them the hard way. Sometimes you learn them too late.

Life is like walking.. You take one step at a time.

My favourite thing in life is writing about life, specifically the parts of life concerning love, because as far as I’m concerned, love is absolutely everything.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

The trials and tribulations in your life make you stronger.

You can’t have a better tomorrow if you keep thinking about yesterday.

Publilius Syrus 85BC-43BC
Syrian writer
Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings.

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Rabindranath Tagore 1861-1941
Indian poet, writer, composer & philosopher
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky.

The same stream of life that runs through the world, runs through my veins night and day, and dances in rhythmic measure. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the Earth into numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.

Anna Taylor
We all have times when life feels hard; when we’re frustrated and tired and just want to hide away. If that’s you right now, don’t worry - every caterpillar has to rest to become a butterfly and you’ll soon find your wings again.

We are each a thread in the tapestry of life; an instrument in the Divine orchestra; a colour of the rainbow and the entire spectrum, unique and yet part of the same whole. I am you. And you are me. We are One.

Eldon Taylor
Psychotherapist, hypnotherapist & author
The power of belief, the absolute awesome, incredible power of belief, is the genie in your life.

Micheal Teal
Poet, psychic & writer
Be the master of your own life. Live your dreams, explore the infinite and yours will be a magnificent voyage.

Life is a tapestry we weave each day and I seek to live by imagination while exploring new possibilities.

William Temple 1628-1699
English diplomat, politician & writer
The greatest pleasure of life is love. The greatest treasure, contentment. The greatest possession, health. The greatest ease, sleep. The greatest medicine is a true friend.

Terence 195BC-159BC
Tunisian playwright
Where there is life.. There is hope.

Mother Teresa 1910-1997
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun
In this life we cannot always do great things..
But, we can do small things with great love.

Mother Teresa 1910-1997
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realise it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfil it.
Life is sorrow, accept it.
Life is tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.

Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life.

Spread the love of God through your life.

Mother Teresa 1910-1997
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come.
We only have today.. Let us begin.

Nancy Thayer
American author
It’s never too late in fiction or in life to revise.

St Therese of Lisieux 1873-1897
French Discalced Carmelite nun
If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.

The world’s thy ship and not thy home.

Time is your boat not your home.

Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862
American naturalist, essayist & poet
Above all, we cannot afford not to live in the present. He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in remembering the past.

As you simplify your life, the laws of the Universe will be simpler.

Don’t be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.

Don’t get to the end of your life and realize you have never lived.

It is not the length of life, but the depth of life.

Let go of the past and go for the future.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
Life the life you imagined.

Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862
American naturalist, essayist & poet
Man emulates Earth.
Earth emulates Heaven.
Heaven emulates The Way.
The Way emulates Nature.

Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862
American naturalist, essayist & poet
Our life is fritted away by detail. Simplify, simplify.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Pursue some path, however narrow or crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862
American naturalist, essayist & poet
So thoroughly and sincerely are we compelled to live, reverencing our life and denying the possibility of change. This is the only way, we say; but there are as many ways as there can be drawn radii from one centre. All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

The meeting of two eternities, the past and the future.. Is precisely the present moment.

Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862
American naturalist, essayist & poet
There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it, and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.

Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862
American naturalist, essayist & poet
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

We live a short period of time in this world, but we live it according to the laws of eternal life.

Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862
American naturalist, essayist & poet
Wealth is.. The ability to fully experience life.

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

Eckhart Tolle 1948
German teacher & author
Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.

Some changes look negative on the surface, but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.

You are the Universe expressing itself as human for a little while.

Eckhart Tolle 1948
German teacher & author
You create a good future by creating a good present.

Leo Tolstoy 1828-1910
Russian writer
Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.

Leo Tolstoy 1828-1910
Russian writer
True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

Ralph Waldo Trine 1866-1958
American author, philosopher & animal activist
And in a sense, love is everything. It is the key to life, and its influences are those that move the world. Live only in the thought of love for all and you will draw love to you from all.

Not to love is not to live, or it is to live a living death. The life that goes out in love to all is the life that is full, and rich, and continually expanding in beauty and in power.

TV – Good Witch (2015-2021)
We all live on in the differences we make.

TV – Life In Pieces (2015-2019)
Life is about these moments, these pieces of time, these slices of life that flash by.. But they stay in your heart forever.

Mark Twain 1835-1910
American writer, humorist & essayist
Twenty years form now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do then by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Asha Tyson
Author
Your journey has moulded you for the greater good. It was exactly what it needed to be. Don’t think you’ve lost time. It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the NOW. And Now is the right time.

Lao Tzu 600BC
Ancient Chinese philosopher
Every step is on the path.

Figure out the rhythm of life and live in harmony with it.

If you are depressed, you are living in the past.
If you are anxious, you are living in the future.
If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them, that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

The reason why the Universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself, it gives life to others as it transforms.

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Liv Ullmann 1938
Norwegian actress
Soon I will be an old, white haired lady, into whose lap someone places a baby, saying, “Smile, Grandma!” I, who myself so recently was photographed on my grandmother’s lap.

Samuel Ullman 1840-1924
American poet, religious leader & humanitarian
Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human beings heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next, and the joy of the game of living. In the centre of your heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long are you young.

Evelyn Underhill 1875-1941
English mystical poet & author
It is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.

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Jac Vanek
You are the books you read, the films you watch, the music you listen to, the people you meet, the dreams you have, and the conversations you engage in. You are what you take from these. You are the sound of the ocean, breath of the fresh air, the brightest light and the darkest corner.

You are a collective of every experience you have had in your life. You are every single second of every day. So drown yourself in a sea of knowledge and existence. Let the words run through your veins and the colours fill your mind until there is nothing left to do but explode. There are no wrong answers, inspiration is everything. Sit back, relax and take it all in.

Gary Vaynerchuk 1975
American author, speaker & internet personality
Time… the one asset none of us are ever going to get more of.

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Denis Waitley 1933
American motivational speaker, writer & consultant
Happiness is the experience of living every moment with love, grace and gratitude.

Denis Waitley 1933
American motivational speaker, writer & consultant
Life is.. The movie you see through your own unique eyes. It makes no difference what’s happening. It’s how you take it that counts.

Alice Walker 1944
American novelist, writer & social activist
Time.. Moves slowly, but passes quickly.

Neale Donald Walsch 1943
American author
All of life is a conversation with God.

Neale Donald Walsch 1943
American author
Do you want your life to truly take off?… Then change your idea about it. About you. Think, speak and act as the God You Are.

Don’t dismiss synchronicity of what is happening right now finding its way to your life at just this moment. There are no coincidences in the Universe, only convergences of will, intent and experience.

God is life, and the stuff life is.

It is not God’s function to create or uncreate, the circumstances or conditions in your life. God created you, in the image and likeness of God. You have created the rest, through the power that God has given you.

Neale Donald Walsch 1943
American author
Life is an ongoing, never-ending process of re-creation.

Life is not a process of discovery, it is a process of creation.

Life proceeds out of your intention. Your true intention is revealed by your actions, and your actions are determined by your true intention. As with everything in life (and life itself), it is a circle.

Look to see what you most desire in your life, then ride that feeling all the way to creation.

Neale Donald Walsch 1943
American author
The best and quickest way to achieve all our goals and to live the life of which we have dreamed is to assist others in achieving their goals and living the life of which they have dreamed.

The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek not to find out who you are, seek to determine who you want to be.

Neale Donald Walsch 1943
American author
The purpose of life is to know yourself, create yourself, experience yourself as who you really are. There is no other reason to do anything.

The question ‘Who am I?’ is not an idle one. How you answer the question will determine how you live the rest of your life. It will determine the quality of your life.

What you have carried in your mind about the world is what you will see around the world. What you carry in your mind about your life is what you will see in your life.

You are doing something very sacred here, something very daring, during your life upon the Earth. You are defining yourself, and then creating yourself anew, in each golden moment of now.

You do not live each day to discover what it holds for you, but to create it. You are creating your reality every minute.

Neale Donald Walsch 1943
American author
Your life is not about your body.

Your own life is the way it is because of you, and the choices you have made - or failed to make.

Your purpose in life is to decide and to declare, to express and to experience WHO YOU REALLY ARE, this is the purpose of all life, that is evolution.

William Arthur Ward 1921-1994
American motivational writer & poet
A well-developed sense of humour is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘Thank you?’

Today is a most unusual day because we have never lived it before, we will never live it again, it is the only day we have.

Denzel Washington 1954
American actor
Acting is a way of making a living, the family is life.

Alan Watts 1915-1973
English writer, philosopher & lecturer
The future is a concept, it does not exist. There is no such thing as tomorrow. There never will be because time is always NOW.

This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

Isaac Watts 1674-1748
English minister & prolific hymnwriter
Love is amazing, so Divine, demand my Soul, my life, my all.

H. G. Wells 1866-1946
English author
We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.

Paul Wellstone 1944-2002
American politician & author
Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.

We can remake the world daily.

Flora Whittemore
The doors we open and close each day, decide the lives we live.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1850-1919
American author & poet
All the past is not worth one today.

Back on its golden hinges
The gate of memory swings
And my heart goes into the garden
And walks with the olden things

Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1850-1919
American author & poet
Life is a garden forever in flower.

Life is too short for any vain regretting
Between the swift sun’s rising and its setting
We have no time for useless tears or fretting
Life is too short

Time is the best avenger if we wait
The years speed by
And on their wings bear healing
Life is too short

For aught but high endeavor
Too short for spite
But long enough for love
And love lives on forever and forever

The Voyage Through Life
One ship sails East and another West
With the self same winds that blow
‘Tis the set of the sail, and not the gale
Which determines the way they go

As the winds of the sea are the ways of fate
As we voyage along through life
‘Tis the act of the Soul, which determines the goal
And not the calm or the strife

Our lives are songs; God writes the words
And we set them to music at pleasure
And the song grows glad, or sweet or sad
As we choose to fashion the measure

With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.

With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun.

Thornton Wilder 1897-1975
American playwright & novelist
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

Anthony Douglas Williams 1953
Canadian spiritualist, writer & author
Don’t let age control your life.. Let your life control your age.

Anthony Douglas Williams 1953
Canadian spiritualist, writer & author
If you live with love.. You will love living.

Life is a dance.. Enjoy every step.

Life is the best teacher.

Anthony Douglas Williams 1953
Canadian spiritualist, writer & author
Our purpose is simple.. To love.
To love each other, to love all life and to love our Earth.

Spirituality is not a religion.. It is a way of life.

The miracle of life is enough for me to believe in miracles.

Marianne Williamson 1952
American author, speaker & political activist
With thoughts of the past and concerns about the future, we rob ourselves of a full experience of the present.

Anne Wilson-Schaef 1934
American clinical psychologist & author
You need to claim the events of your life to make yourself yours.

Joseph B. Wirthlin 1817-2008
American business man & Latter-Day Saints leader
Each person in the world is different and has their own beautiful sound in the symphony of life.

Joseph B. Wirthlin 1817-2008
American business man & Latter-Day Saints leader
Every life has peaks and shadows and times when it seems that the birds don’t sing and bells don’t ring. Yet in spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result.

I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means.

No matter our age, our circumstances, or abilities, each one of us can create something remarkable with our live

Rachel Wolchin
Author
I step outside each day with the intention of being blown away by something ordinary.

Rachel Wolchin
Author
In life, you’ll meet two kinds of people: the ones who build you up and the ones who tear you down. In the end, you’ll thank them both.

Your life is only as full as your heart.

Angela Wood
Everyone we meet, everything we do, every word we speak, every single moment of our lives is important. And each one of us counts for something - to others, to ourselves and for sure to God.

John Wooden 1910-2010
American basketball player & coach
Make each day your masterpiece.

Emma Woodhull-Bach
I love the sweet smell of dawn. Our unique daily opportunity to smell time, to smell opportunity. Each morning a new beginning.

Virginia Woolf 1882-1941
English author
Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.

Lois Wyse 1926-2007
American advertising executive, author & columnist
All friends are not for life, but if you have a true friend, you have a life.

Letters freeze time for us, eternalising shared experiences so we can go back and draw strength from them. Letters are like deposits in a secret bank that can be withdrawn when they are needed. And as we look back in love, we appreciate anew the thought and time that was taken to express those feelings.

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Adam Yauch 1964-2012
American member of The Beastie Boys
Everything we do affects other people.

Adam Yauch 1964-2012
American member of The Beastie Boys
I think every person has the ability to effect change. Every one of us affects the world constantly through actions - through our every thought, our every word, the way that we interact with people. We’re constantly affecting the world.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 1918-2008
Hindu religious leader & creator of Transcendental meditation
The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

Margaret Young
Often people attempt to live their lives backwards.. They try to make more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is in reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.

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Hans Zimmer 1957
German film score composer & music producer
This is a musician’s life.. Everybody tells you not to do it and get a real job, when all’s said and done and we’ve built the highest high rises and we’ve built the fastest machines, there’s still gonna be room for somebody to tell you a story, or somebody to write you a piece of music, the seconds of your life are ticking away, if somebody tells you that there’s a rule… break it, that’s the only thing that moves things forward

Gary Zukav 1942
American spiritual teacher & author
By choosing your thoughts, and by selecting which emotional currents you will release and which you will reinforce, you determine the quality of your Light. You determine the effects that you will have upon others, and the nature of the experiences of your life.

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