Lou Reed Quotes

When I was younger, I was looking for this magic meaning of life.

All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why.

The life is worth living. It's not true, what the tired and reactionary say. We're not on this earth to suffer and die. We're here to fulfill a mission.

Does life have any meaningful purpose?

The world exists for the education of each man.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

The purpose of life is to live it.

The question, O me! so sad, recurring - What good amid these, O me, O life? That you are here - that life exists and identity, that the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

What was a life anyway? An accumulation of small shelves of incident.

We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.

I think the wonderment of seeing my two sons developing makes me incredibly optimistic about human potential. It makes you think: 'My goodness. It's a miracle that's going on here. What could the human race do together?'

Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning.

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged.

Each child brings so much joy and hope into the world, and that is reason enough for being here. As you grow older, you will contribute something else to this world, and only you can discover what that is.

Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.

I have a calling in my soul, if you like, to try to make my life in some way worthwhile. What is the value of my existence?

But really it was just, it was perfect. You know, I actually got that feeling like you know what, maybe this is why I'm alive, you know - maybe this is why I'm here on this on earth.

As a child, I wondered often, 'Why are we? What is the meaning of life?' These questions made me realize that life is what has meaning - not just individual lives, but all of our lives.

That's why children look so beautiful because they are yet full of hope, full of dreams, and they have not yet known frustration.

How beautiful is youth! how bright it gleams with its illusions, aspirations, dreams! Book of Beginnings, Story without End, Each maid a heroine, and each man a friend!

Always try to understand and educate yourselves on the reasons why Allah has given you life, do that part first then enjoy the rest of life and chill out.

Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living.

Everything was okay, as long as I could dream . Its amazing, really, the difference between having a dream and not having any left that can come true. It's the difference between living and dying .