Julian Baggini Quotes

The only thing that I am ambitious about is to live a good life. Full stop.

Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.

The good life is one that's artistically made.

It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life.

To live is not a blessing, but to live well.

I have a good life.

My goal in life was to pursue the good life.

I have this amazing life.

The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue.

Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being an actor.

Getting ahead cannot be the only motive that motivates people. You have to imagine what a good life is.

The person lives twice who lives the first life well.

People have different concepts of the good life, and any attempt to impose one favored view will be contentious.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

You don't do everything in life in order to make money.

The good life is built with good relationships.

The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not the length.

A long life is a life well spent.

...that not life, but a good life, is to be chiefly valued.

The happy life is to an extraordinary extent the same as the good life.

It is worthwhile for one to make an effort to achieve happiness. Just as the purpose of a plant is to grow, so it is that the main purpose of every human being is to survive and to grow until death.

Money is often a matter of chance or good fortune and is not the mark of a successful life. It is not the thing that brings a throb of pleasure or a thrill into my life. And I would not pose as a successful man if that were to be the measure.

My life is okay, my life is pretty good.