I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
Aristotle

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
Erma Bombeck

Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.
Erma Bombeck

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.
Henry David Thoreau

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.
Henry David Thoreau

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
Henry David Thoreau

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.
Henry David Thoreau

Being is the great explainer.
Henry David Thoreau

Wearing a turtleneck is like being strangled by a really weak guy, all day. Wearing a backpack and a turtleneck is like a weak midget trying to bring you down.
Mitch Hedberg

He not busy being born is busy dying.
Bob Dylan

Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.
Bob Dylan

People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas.
Bob Dylan

Being on tour is like being in limbo. It's like going from nowhere to nowhere.
Bob Dylan

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Lao Tzu

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
Lao Tzu

To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
Lao Tzu

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
Napoleon Bonaparte

I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
Joseph Campbell

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
Joseph Campbell

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.
Joseph Campbell