Gavin North, Australia

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. Henry Miller, USA

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and... F. Scott Fitzgerald, USA

We love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. Friedrich Nietzsche, Germany

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. Kurt Vonnegut, USA

There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself. Anthony Rapp, USA

The only abnormality is the incapacity to love. Anaïs Nin, France

All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together. Jack Kerouac, USA

Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got. Janis Joplin, USA

We are not just visitors on this planet, it belongs to us as we belong to her, its past is ours, so is its future. Amin Maalouf, Lebanon

A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him. Ezra Pound, USA

You must never understand life, and then, it will be like a party. Rainer Maria Rilke, Austria

The days that make us happy make us wise. John Masefield, England

We are each other’s business; we are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s magnitude and bond. Gwendolyn Brooks, USA

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. Socrates, Classical Greece

The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgement. J. Krishnamurti, India

Gavin North, Australia

Australian artist. www.gavinnorthonline.blogspot.com

Is there more to being alive?

Gavin North, Australia

(Submitted by the author)

No two people see the world the same, this is the basis of reality. So, I guess, to feel alive is whatever you want to be. For me, the real question has a deeper meaning: are we just biological entities, machines disguised by flesh, or is there more to being alive? I guess the truth is different for all of us and cannot be so easily defined by words.
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