I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.
— Jonathan Safran Foer
In order to die, you must first have lived.
— Henry David Thoreau
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live.
— Leo Buscaglia
Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
— Socrates