“As for why this is so-please remember this well-it's because in the world today, the vast majority of people are poor. So the vast majority of the people in this world are unable to live their lives in a way that is really human-this is the problem of our time, greater than any other.”
― How Do You Live?
― How Do You Live?
“If it means anything to live in this world, it's that you must live your life like a true human being and feel just what you feel.”
― How Do You Live?
― How Do You Live?
“When I think how sometimes people can be brave enough to overcome any fear, any hardship, it gives me a feeling I can hardly describe. To charge right at the things that are painful and difficult, break through to the other side, and take pleasure in that - don't you think that's truly fantastic? The greater the suffering, the greater the joy in overcoming it.”
― How Do You Live?
― How Do You Live?
“Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt.
(They change their sky, not their soul, who rush across the sea.)”
― The Odes of Horace
(They change their sky, not their soul, who rush across the sea.)”
― The Odes of Horace
“There is nothing more beautiful than people nurturing goodwill toward their fellow beings.”
― How Do You Live?
― How Do You Live?
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