Sunday, October 08, 2006

LiFE

life [lif/laɪf/]
noun (plural lives)

1. The state that precedes death and follows birth or conception.
2. In biology, a status given to an entity including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria and sometimes viruses, etc, with the properties of replication and metabolism.
3. In philosophy, the essence of the manifestation and the foundation of the being.
4. In phenomenology, the subjective and inner manifestation of the individual.
5. In Christianity, the essence of God, its own revelation.

6. A worthwhile existence.
7. The world in general, existence.
8.
Something which is inheritantly part of a person's existence, such as their job, their family, their loved one, etc.
9.
(colloquial) A sentence imprisoning a convict until his or her death. More formally phrased life sentence.
10. The duration during which something operates.

Antonyms :
  • (the state that precedes death) : death
  • (in biology) : coma
  • (in philosophy) : void
Synonyms :
  • (in philosophy) : existence
  • (the word in general) : time

Quotes :

"Life may not always work out how you want it to. We would wish for sunny days every day, but eventually we would die of drought." - Unknown

"Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it." - Christopher Morley

"Life is a great bundle of little things." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Life is either a great adventure or nothing." - Hellen Keller

"Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you're gonna get." - Forrest Gump, from the movie Forrest Gump




Live life with a due of responsibility, not as those who do not know the meaning of life but as those who do.

EPHESIANS 5:15

(New Testament in Modern English by J.B. Phillips)




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(note : Bible Verse excerpt from the book The Purpose Driven Life)

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