“The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.” LifeValuesAwarenessDependsSurvivalUltimatePhilosophicalMereContemplationSpiritual AwarenessValue Of LifeConscious Awareness Author:Aristotle
“I think that if I were required to spend the rest of my life on a desert island, and to listen to or play the music of any one composer during all that time, that composer would almost certainly be Bach.” IfsThinkingLifePlayMusicListeningSurvivalDesertIslandsComposerBeing AlonePianist Author:Glenn Gould
“All thoughts are just junk. Essentially, they are coming from the limited experience of past. These thoughts are useful for your survival process. You've picked up some amount of information; you want to survive in the world; this information is useful. If you're looking at life itself, these thoughts are meaningless.” IfsWorldWantLifePastProcessInformationAmountSurvivalExperienceMeaninglessJunk Author:Jaggi Vasudev
“Overall, my life has been one of survival and the decisions that I have made along the way, including my identification, have been to survive.” WayLifeHas BeensMadeDecisionSurvivalIncludingIdentification Author:Rachel Dolezal
“In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it any other way.” WayWantLifeImportantPlayMightLife IsCertainOrderUniverseGamesTermDoubtTheorySurvivalSkinsAdversityChaosTeethConclusionCertaintyEvolveUncertaintyOutcomesTensionMaximumGeometryOrder And Chaos Author:George Leonard