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Our Lives Quotes - Page 6

To be an aritst is not to wait for others to define us, but to define ourselves, claim our lives.

Jan Phillips (2012). “Marry Your Muse: Making a Lasting Commitment to Your Creativity”, p.8, Quest Books

Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose.

Rick Warren (2004). “What on Earth Am I Here For?”

The extent to which we take everyday objects for granted is the precise extent to which they govern and inform our lives.

Margaret Visser (2010). “Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Mea”, p.11, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

If we don't learn to mythologize our lives, inevitably we will pathologize them.

Richard Rohr (2010). “On the Threshold of Transformation”, p.1, Loyola Press

Everything in our lives has the potential to wake us up or put us to sleep. Allowing it to awaken us is up to us.

Pema Chodron (2003). “Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion”, p.39, Shambhala Publications

A brush with death always helps us to live our lives better.

"The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession". Book by Paulo Coelho, 2005.

We spent our lives making livings.

Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.175, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt