There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.
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Let them all go. Moments. All gathering towards this one. NOW IS GOOD Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM My eyes hurt... but there is something more... I can't stop listening to horror.... now I am going t... DEYTH BANGER The destructive character lives from the feeling, not that life is worth living, but that suicide is... WALTER BENJAMIN When carrying the burden of problems and stress that life seems to endlessly hurtle towards us. We g... GARY F EVANS... To have hope in an age where hope is very scarce and hurt, jealousy and pain are more prominent is a... GARY F EVANS... Truth metastasized into lurid fantasy. F. MULDER Life is what it is supposed to be, its just not always what you want it to be... DANIEL GILMAN The only serious question in life is whether to kill yourself or not. ALBERT CAMUS Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have... OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR. Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have... OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES JR. Whether life is worth living depends on whether there is love in life. R. D. LAING Are we living a life that is safe from harm? Of course not. We never are. But that’s not the right... JOSEPH FINK See the world for what it is. BEAUTIFUL! ANTHONY T. HINCKS One picture is worth 1,000 denials. RONALD REAGAN To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL NATALIE URQUIETA Are we living a life that is safe from harm? Of course not. We never are. But that’s no... JOSEPH FINK I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER You yawn to equalize the pressure on your eardrums. This pressure change outside your eardrums unb... WHY YAWNING IS CONTAGIOUS Be original, be yourself, be you. ELISE R MAUDE IS If I'm not thinking about one shit storm, I have to think about another. KAREN M. MCMANUS One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on. APHRA BEHN Albert Camus wrote that the only serious question is whether to kill yourself or not. Tom Robbi... TOM ROBBINS Be always excited about being alive,because life is good. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Life may not be party you hoped for,But that doesnt mean u should stop dancing!Remember you are the ... ANMOL P. JAORA Your life is expensive to those who loves you, so take care of your life. NEHA KOTHARI You have taken the step to cross the road, cross it. One step back can bring you an accident. NEHA KOTHARI The aim of philosophy, abstractly formulated, is to understand how things in the broadest possible s... WILFRID SELLARS If the best is possible, than good is never enough and only do the best. ROBERT SIAHAAN Then that's what the Northern Lights are. All the lives that we're not living. ADI ALSAID The world that we live in is a weakness. To continuously live in an environment that weakens you, on... APURVA GAGLANI To search the sands of a lost desert for truth and justice in this world today you might as well be ... GARY F EVANS... We all want to trust someone ,but we all think that what we see is real and the truth but if we trul... GARY F EVANS... Money is not everything. BEN OAK Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS There is six billion reasons for everything to go wrong and only one to get it right JULIO DAVILA Ques eso? Queso? NOLAN J. VANDER HAAGEN if you love someone,you did not think if it was right...all you know was you love the person so much... VERONICA LAPPAY Life is a re-discovery. BRIAN BLESSED I’ve always hated the “Who are you?" question. This is a philosophical inquiry. Answering that q... SANDY NATHAN Ready are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi. My own counsel w... YODA Just imagine, among 8.7 million species, only one has become smart enough to ponder over the meaning... ABHIJIT NASKAR Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and a ... SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN The unexamined life is not worth living, but the unlived life is not worth examining. TRACY THOMPSON Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man. SAMUEL BUTLER We dream because that's what life is. Anything else and it would be a nightmare. ANTHONY T. HINCKS Love is a serious mental disease. PLATO Then the face of Big Brother faded away again and instead the three slogans of the Party stood out i... GEORGE ORWELL Your universe is not out there. You create it every moment and every day with your thoughts, ideas, ... DEBASISH MRIDHA Is the conclusion that the universe was designed - and that the design extends deeply into life - sc... MICHAEL J. BEHE If you think that life is a celebration full of party poppers and merry go rounds it's not it's a ga... GARY F EVANS... Life is short. Don't waste it being comfortable. LEONARDO CAPILI The greatest thing in life is finding someone who knows all about you and your mistakes, and still s... DHARM BABU It is so fascinating that when after a hard stressful day we calm our mind and release the stress fr... GARY F EVANS... For a true DANCER, it doesn't matter whether you perform on a stage or don't perform at all... What ... VIPIN ONGALATHE Life Is a Misconception. DEYTH BANGER Life is a desire! DEYTH BANGER Life is an audition. THOMAS FLAJNIK - ANTICHIMERAPODAL To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution. MARCUS AURELIUS Laughter is illusion… But THE BIGGEST ONE, which you can ever encounter in your life. DEYTH BANGER To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical.
[Fr., Se moquer de la philosophie c'est vraiment ph... BLAISE PASCAL The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK There was something in her eyes! Her eyes were expressive and from the first day that they met, they... AVIJEET DAS Dedication is the preparation to success! WERNER BOTHA For me, my life is a journey. JAY ELECTRONICA God is not pleased with these mashed potato Christians. You know the kind that are found in the T.V.... LAMAR THOMPSON The question is not whether a community lives or dies, the question is on what plane does it live. T... B. R. AMBEDKAR My Life is boring without God GENEREUX PHILIPUX Your latest news is just news being repeated over and over again. It's old news already. ANDONI GARCIA Life is a risk. CARMELO ANTHONY Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do SOTONYE ANGA I blame my dad for my sweet tooth. His motto was 'Life is short; eat dessert first.' How can I argue... WENDY MASS To love is to act. VICTOR HUGO War is no solution to peace. BEN OAK I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS When our lips parted, he sighed. “I love those eyes, angel. When they look at me, I feel like anyt... BIJOU HUNTER Cherish every relationship in your life. There are certain things in life that can't be fixed if bro... AVIJEET DAS The end is the matter! A step to the end is a factor! ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH What Fucks me... is that we both are the same... we all walk on the same path... but everything is a... DEYTH BANGER If time is money and perhaps rightly said so, then with that count a person who does nothing for his... ANUJ SOMANY I am Happy and satisfied with what I am.
10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will... NEHA KOTHARI Why is love so expensive even when it exists everywhere? NEHA KOTHARI «Sarò nel programma di protezione testimoni,» disse Jack. «Avrò un nome diverso, non so d... JANE SEVILLE When push comes to shove would people do what they felt was right, to get justice done or would they... GARY F EVANS... There is no time...but the present. KENT POLLON Knowledge is not vast collection of academic degrees but right empowerment of open mind with an enli... ANUJ SOMANY God Is Great. If these three words together enshrine in our mind, heart and soul, then there is neve... ANUJ SOMANY Debt is simply selling a future to buy a present. ANONYMUS If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar... GARY F EVANS...
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