19 Deep Life Quotes to Ponder for How to Live in 2019

It’s still eye-opening to revisit that post and remind myself of some of the stats (note: sources are included in the original post):

One of the great things about quotes is that they are up to your own personal interpretation. So, for this post, I’ll present these quotes without commentary and let you ponder them!

2. “The mind once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimension.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes

6. “We can all agree that the unexamined life is not worth living…but if all you’re doing is examining, you’re not living.” — Adam Leipzig

7. “Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box.” ― Italian proverb

8. “The only Zen you find on tops of mountains is the Zen you bring there.” — Robert M. Pirsig

11. “You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.” — Tom Wilson

12. “The solution for a lot of the world’s problems may be to turn around and take a forward step.” — Yvon Chouinard

14. “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

15. “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.” ― Henry David Thoreau

17. “Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It’s your masterpiece after all.” ― Nathan W. Morris

18. “We don’t mind spending 15 years on education, why not the same to become a better human being?” — Matthieu Ricard

19. “Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.” ― Bill Gates

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