“I only choose to write about people who are alive, are extremely powerful and as such have influenced our lives. I try to go behind their constructed myths to find the humanity of the person. It takes me about four years on every book and requires hundreds of interviews so I choose people whose lives I respect and achievements are worth recording.” PeopleWritingTryingYearsPersonsBookHumanityPowerfulBehindsFourOur LivesAliveAchievementMythInterviewsTake MeFour Years Author:Kitty Kelley
“We are humanity, Kant says. Humanity needs us because we are it. Kant believes in duty and considers remaining alive a primary human duty. For him one is not permitted to “renounce his personality,” and while he states living as a duty, it also conveys a kind of freedom: we are not burdened with the obligation of judging whether our personality is worth maintaining, whether our life is worth living. Because living it is a duty, we are performing a good moral act just by persevering.” NeedsBelieveHumansKindStatesLife IsHumanityMoralOur LivesAliveJudgingDutyPersonalityObligationPrimariesPerformingMaintainingWorth LivingRenounceLife Is Worth LivingGood Moral Author:Jennifer Michael Hecht
“Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life..., our way of looking at things, we will know ohw to make peace right in the moment, we are alive.” IfsKnowsWayInspirationalMomentsOur LivesAliveMaking Peace Book:Being Peace Source: Being Peace
“Going from crying to laughing that fast and hard happens maybe five times in your life and that extreme right turn is the reason why we are alive, and I believe it extends our life by many years.” YearsBelieveHardReasonHappensTurnsI BelieveLaughingFiveOur LivesAliveCryPleaseExtremesReason Why Book:Yes Please Source: Yes Please
“We carry adolescence around in our bodies all our lives. We get through the Car Crash Age alive and cruise through our early twenties as cool dudes, wily, dashing, winsome . . . shooting baskets, the breeze, the moon, and then we try to become caring men, good husbands, great fathers, good citizens.” MenTryingBodyAgeFatherOur LivesAliveCarCitizensMoonHusbandTwentiesCaringShootingCrashAdolescenceBreezeBasketsCruiseGood CitizenGreat FatherGood HusbandCar CrashDashingWinsome Author:Garrison Keillor
“" Science is beginning to encroach on every level of our volition". And to me, that is a frightening social concept. It doesn't have anything to do with the right to have an abortion verses the right to life. It has to do with the ability of science to keep things alive and the ability of science to really control our lives.” SocialAbilityLevelsOur LivesAliveConceptsAbortionFrighteningVersesRight To LifeVolition Author:Stephen King
“Relationships keep us alive and our lives meaningful.” Our LivesAliveMeaningfulMeaning Of LifeMeaningful LifeLife Means Author:Bernie Siegel
“Many of us have caught a glimpse of our life's greatness - a grander vision that calls us to release our false 'security' and re-engage life. We begin to see life as a heart-beating, truth-telling, sweat-pouring, straight-from-the-gut adventure that makes us, and everyone around us, feel fully alive.” FeelsHeartVisionOur LivesAliveSecurityGreatnessAdventureCaughtReleaseGutsTelling The TruthSweatGlimpsePouringHeart Beating Author:Jim Warner
“Challenge is the pathway to engagement and progress in our lives. But not all challenges are created equal. Some challenges make us feel alive, engaged, connected, and fulfilled. Others simply overwhelm us. Knowing the difference as you set bigger and bolder challenges for yourself is critical to your sanity, success, and satisfaction.” FeelsChallengesDifferencesKnowingOur LivesAliveProgressEqualBiggerSatisfactionConnectedCriticalEngagedSanityEngagementFulfilledPathways Book:The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive Source: The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive