A Quote by Saul Bellow

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain. — © Saul Bellow
I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

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Kindness is the evidence of greatness. If anyone is glad that you are here, then you have not lived in vain.
Yes, one must suffer, even in vain, so as not to have lived in vain.
Was it Gorky who had said, "If your children are no better than you are, you have fathered them in vain, indeed you have lived in vain".
Nor do I regret that I have lived, since I have so lived that I think I was not born in vain, and I quit life as if it were an inn, not a home.
May I not seem to have lived in vain.
The entire deaths of Vietnam died in vain. And they're dying in vain right this very second. And you know what's worse than a soldier dying in vain? It's more soldiers dying in vain. That's what's worse.
If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain
But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.
Do not be sad that you have suffered, be glad that you have lived.
I got hit a lot. I'm glad I lived through it.
It is beautiful, the world, and life itself. I am glad I have lived.
I've made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven't lived in vain.
I'm grateful for my health, glad I'm making people laugh, glad my wife still likes me after a lotta years, grateful my daughter is growing, glad I don't take myself too seriously, glad L.A. has Astro Burger, grateful to be coming home to Harlem soon. It's a gratitude list. It works.
I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war. I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun. I'm glad I didn't get killed or kill somebody. I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood.
That's why I'm glad Jesus died when he did. Because if he lived to be 40, he would have ended up like Elvis. He was famous already at that point. If he lived to be 40, he'd be walking around Jerusalem with a big fat beer gut and black side burns going, Damn, I'm the son of God. Give me a cheeseburger and french fries right now.
True religion extends alike to the intellect and the heart. Intellect is in vain if it lead not to emotion, and emotion is vain if not enlightened by intellect; and both are vain if not guided by truth and leading to duty.
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