Life Quotes Quote by Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

““About once or twice every month I engage in public debates with those whose pressing need it is to woo and to win the approval of supernatural beings. Very often, when I give my view that there is no supernatural dimension, and certainly not one that is only or especially available to the faithful, and that the natural world is wonderful enough—and even miraculous enough if you insist—I attract pitying looks and anxious questions. How, in that case, I am asked, do I find meaning and purpose in life? How does a mere and gross materialist, with no expectation of a life to come, decide what, if anything, is worth caring about?”

““The clear awareness of having been born into a losing struggle need not lead one into despair. I do not especially”

“Sometimes life is very mean: a person can spend days, weeks, months and years without feeling new. Then, when a door opens - a positive avalanche pours in. One moment, you have nothing, the next, you have more than you can cope with.”

“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”

“The more I see, the less I know for sure.”

“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the worlds problems.”

“What I'm not sure about, is if our lives have been so different from the lives of the people we save. We all complete. Maybe none of us really understand what we've lived through, or feel we've had enough time.”

““When it's over, I want to say: all my life”