I don't know Who--or what--put the question, I don't know when it was put. I don't even remember answering. But at some moment I d...id answer Yes to Someone--or Something--and from that hour I was certain that existence is meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in self-surrender, had a goal.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The myths have always condemned those who "looked back." Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leavi...ng. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Fatigue dulls the pain, but awakes enticing thoughts of death. So! that is the way in which you are tempted to overcome your lonel...iness--by making the ultimate escape from life..--No! It may be that death is to be your ultimate gift to life: it must not be an act of treachery against it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Maturity: among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his pl...ay-mates.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assum...e responsibility.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Your body must become familiar with its death--in all its possible forms and degrees--as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally... neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »