„It is not the length of life, but the depth.“

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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„The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth.“
— Marilyn vos Savant
„You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.“
— H.L. Mencken
„I [prefer] a short life with width to a narrow one with length.“
— Avicenna
„The real wonders of life lie in the depths. Exploring the depths for truths is the real wonder which the child and the artist know: magic and power lie in truth.“
— Anaïs Nin
„The length of life takes the leading place among inquiries about events following birth.“
— Ptolemy
„you are not too oldand it is not too lateto dive into your increasing depthswhere life calmly gives outit's own secret“
— Rainer Maria Rilke
„I could give you no advice but this: to go into yourself and to explore the depths where your life wells forth.“
— Rainer Maria Rilke