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Thursday quotes....
'In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.'
- Immanuel Kant
'To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.'
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- Jean-Paul Sartre
'Perfection of character : to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.'
- Marcus Aurelius
- Marcus Aurelius
'We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.'
'Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.'
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
'Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.'
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
'We privileged few, who have won the lottery of birth against all odds, how dare we whine at our inevitable return to that prior state from which the vast majority have never stirred?'
- Richard Dawkins
- Richard Dawkins
'The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.'
- Albert Camus
- Albert Camus
Thursday is quote day
One I came across last week and loved it. Please share one of your latest favourites Cheers D ...
Thursday quotes....
'In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.' - Immanuel Kant 'To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.' - Jean-Paul Sartre 'Perfection of character : to live e...
"To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while." - Jean-Paul Sartre
Taken in the sense of going beyond our boundaries... or even in Kant's ethical interpretation - a personal journey. Casey
A personal journey....
You clearly don't have to enter an actively dangerous situation to deepen your appreciation for life in general, but it certainly deepens one's sensibility to it if and when such circumstance occurs. I have felt threatened enough on a couple of occasions ...
but on some days, I just err towards....
.....the eminent philiosopher Lauper's "girls just wanna have fun" theory.
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me . . .
. . . than a frontal lobotomy." Attributed to several authors (and Tom Waits) "Can't trust a man who doesn't drink." Humphrey Bogart ;-)
A message from the past, most relevant to our present:
“We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.” Great to see you back dear D! Best, Giles ...
For sure you know my favourite quote that is applicable in so many occasions of life...
"Choosing is renouncing" is certainly a very relevant say thinking about watches but it applies to everything. It is attributed to Andre Gide but it is not certain. Whoever it is from actually this is a quote I use very often...
