“I take a less gloomy view. A good life means fighting to be human under growing difficulties. A lot of young folk know this and fight very hard, but after a few years life gets easier for them and they think they've become completely human when they've only stopped trying. I stopped trying, but my life was so full of strenuous routines that I wouldn't have noticed had it been not for my disease. My whole professional life was a diseased and grandiose attack on my humanity. It is an achievement to know that I am simply a wounded and dying man. Who can be more regal than a dying man?” ThinkingKnowsMenTryingYearsHumansMeanHardWholeYoungHumanityFightingViewsGrowingDyingEasierDiseaseAchievementDifficultyFolksGood LifeWoundedGloomyLife MeansDiseasedProfessional LifeGrandioseRegal Author:Alasdair Gray
“We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.” KnowsYearsHardMomentsJobsRememberHouseKnow HowAliveSacrificeCarWillingHard WorkMomTenDifficultyPresent MomentLive In The PresentBeing A MomDiplomaPeace Is Every Step Author:Nhat Hanh
“I wrote a letter to Harvard, explaining that I was having difficulty deciding between it and the University of Pennsylvania. Could I come and visit? Years later, the dean of students at Harvard told me that my letter had been posted in the dean’s office for the amusement of the staff. Thus did I learn the measure of institutional arrogance.” YearsStudentsOfficeLettersDifficultyUniversityArroganceStaffAmusementExplainingHarvardDeanPennsylvaniaUniversity Of Pennsylvania Book:How to Win the Nobel Prize Source: How to Win the Nobel Prize