Sometimes life can have us contemplating the meaning of it all, and as a result can make us feel moody or even sad. Sometimes it seems like we’re missing a trick that would make everything so much simpler like the way it should be. The fact of the matter is that simple trick took someone a lifetime to learn and then they wrote a book about it, or made a show, or gave a candid interview (although that might not be able to deal with things at a length), and condensed and entire lifetime’s worth of knowledge and wisdom into one consumable item for us.

Well, given today’s fast paced lifestyle and the demands of work, family and friends, sometimes we don’t even have the time to read or watch those bite-sized pieces of wisdom that are available to us, but fret not, because we’re here to, as Henry David Thoreau put it, “simplify, simplify.”

Here are 33 revelatory quotes on Love and life:

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This is so simple and yet so profound and is applicable across all the aspects of life. Beginning is often the hardest step and often the most important one as well; certainly not the only, but often the most important one. Be sure to always give it your 100 per cent. If you give 99 per cent, you will allow for doubt, laxness and carelessness to creep in.

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What this essentially says is that our attitudes inform our experiences. Sure, we’ve all read or seen something to that effect on T-shirts, mugs, and in TV Shows, classrooms etc, but what does it really mean? Could it be that changing the way we perceive events and situations really changes them for the better? Or does it make them more worthwhile and memorable? It is certainly a head scratcher and one to ponder, but Arthur Rubinstein reckons we should all be doing it anyway, because it costs nothing and might change everything.

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George Bernard Shaw, the founder of the London School of Economics And Political Science with some straight up realpolitik to offer – there is no magical quest and food and ammunition can’t be picked up just anywhere like in a video game. If you want something, you best make a plan and work real hard in trying to get it. Oh, and don’t give up. That’s no good.

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Mark Twain always had a knack for explaining the most important bits of the everyday with a realness and sense of humour that no one else could match, but here he takes a more head-on approach. It’s simple, you don’t want to end up with your time up and no interesting stories to tell.

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‘Keep investing in yourself’ is an excellent philosophy to live by. Life is made up of the right now, and years are made of what you do everyday. If you can end the day having bettered your chances or having worked towards attaining that which you want, you can call that a productive and well spent day.

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Talmud made one thing very clear to us, that the way we see the world depends on the lens with which we are viewing it with. This is another compelling argument that says your attitude defines your reality and your outcomes. Being too negative in our approach can make us feel like we’re stuck in a reality which cannot be changed, when most of the time that is simply not the case. Always be ready to get up off the ground, always be ready to keep your chin up and keep moving.

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Does this not happen all the time? Time spent worrying is time wasted. And time is about the only thing you have got that you cannot buy any more of, no matter how much money you have. So let the past be the past, know that yesterday won’t change, don’t worry about something that hasn’t even happened yet or try and make predictions about it, know even the weather can’t be accurately predicted. Just live in the moment and in the right now. Ask yourself what will help you get to the next stage in life at this very moment, and then set about in trying to achieve it.

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That means if that which you enjoy most is to have a good dance, then certainly look to carry that forward. It means to do what truly appeals to you, not something that seems like it would be appealing or cool to do. Not something you think that society holds in most value or any similar notion. If you do something that you love, you can do it for a long time and make an actual difference. Just trust yourself and work hard, work all the time until you feel that you have made it.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson was a treasure trove of good advice, but this particular musing of his is one of the hardest hitting in his arsenal. Keep trying stuff, keep doing things is at the essence of his thoughts on life. You will never really know what you are good at unless you keep trying to make things happen and exploring.

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That is exactly right. You will, and are supposed to feel pain, but to suffer? That is up to you. Don’t let anything linger for any longer than it has to, unless you’re particularly fond of being stuck in the past.

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Quite simple again, really. As far as we’re aware, unless Dracula announces himself spectacularly at Times Square any time before this is published, none of us knows an immortal person (someone who can and has cheated death). However, I’m sure if you look hard enough, you’ll find plenty of people who haven’t exactly lived in their time here on earth. Don’t be one of those people.

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Nothing will ever be certain. There are natural disasters on the evening news, suicide bombings and retaliatory actions, weather forecasts gloomier than the Manchester sky in October and everyday reports of how poorly the economy is doing and how the oil has almost run out. Clean water? That’s another story altogether, plus the politician-businessman nexus is proving to be no good for the ever increasing numbers of the poor. If in such a world you’re looking for guarantees, you’re going to be in for a bit of a shock. There are none. However, what there is, is a life to be lived. So quit worrying about trying to guarantee things, and just get to enjoying whatever you have at the moment.

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The world is a cruel place and it cares very little about how you feel about it or what you thought of it. Right? Well, then make it live up to your expectations by altering your attitudes and by setting an example. Change your reality and watch the reality of others change around you as well.

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There are degrees of guilty pleasures and an occasional Miley Cyrus tune is no match for a dependence on alcohol, say. Be careful in what pleasures and transgressions you allow yourself, for what you do in the everyday, all of it, is a part of who you are.

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Henry David Thoreau was notorious for wanting a quiet and uncomplicated life. He retired to a solitary life and always believed whole heartedly in what he says above. If something seems to take everything out of you, is it really worth it?

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Let nobody do the talking for you; you are responsible for yourself and as such are perfectly capable of speaking for yourself. You are not a victim and you need not be portrayed as one.

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And when push comes to shove, when times turns rough, it will be your character that rescues you, and not merely your reputation. Sure, reputation is something to care about, but your character, if strong enough, will speak for itself in the face of any and all reputations.

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You can keep living to the ripe old age of 105 without so much as having one memorable life experience to talk about, which is not something you want to happen. There is a lot to life, loads of places to see, people to meet and things to do. Don’t get hung up on any one things, and try and take in it all.

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This too shall pass. Keep moving, keep it moving.

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If love is the most important thing in this life, then setting yourself up for giving and receiving it is one of the best things that you can do for not only yourself, but for everyone around you.

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If you love yourself, you will be fine when alone. There is no guilt, no shame, no regrets, no over-thinking, no insecurities, no nothing. You like the person you are, you’ve always tried to do the right thing and live a certain way.

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Falling in love isn’t really that hard, it happens all the time around us. What’s hard is keeping that love going, and being ready for such a titanic shift in our lives and all of the excitement and dangers that come with it. Love cannot be used to fill a gap, it must be used to grow something already beautiful.

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Really, for all of the interesting and wonderful things that happen to all of us in our lives, we have our nagging hearts to thank (or cuss).

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Oscar Wilde also weighed in with his thoughts about how loving oneself is step one to being happy. And given his self-assured nature, you can well believe that one of the greatest minds of all time practised what he preached.

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The great Rumi talks of how allowing yourself to be loved – being more open and vulnerable – is the key to love, not merely going out and seeking it. It will find you if you are ready, there will be no looking required.

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If you don’t like folk sayings, just do the math. Life seems long but it is pretty short considering we just only recently dug up the 3500 year old body of King Tutankhamen. He died as a child. The point is, you’ve not got a long while on this planet, in this life, not in this avatar anyway. Make the most of it and leave being miserable to another person or another lifetime.

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Not even the most beautiful glowers will distract when you are truly in the dumps, and yet the ordinary bougainvillea tree that you’ve been passing everyday will seem like the most magical when you’re in love or in otherwise high spirits. The tree is the same it has always been, it is you that has changed.

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It’s literally that simple.

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If you don’t think you are worth anything, work on changing that perception of yourself that you possess. If you yourself don’t think you are worthy, why will any one else?

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It really is as infectious a thing as any pathogen we have on the planet, if not more.

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Just let them flow through you, caring not to hold on or to shoo them away. Just letting them be.

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The one thing you do not want to be doing is looking back, not unless you want to go in that direction. Let things go, gather yourself, and keep moving.

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While he may be referring to diabolically hard physics conundrum, we think what Einstein was getting at here was that if you being in a particular frame of mind dream up problems, then you being in a different frame of mind can also dream up the solutions.

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