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When cornered, desperate, or isolated, man reverts to those instincts that aim straight at survival.
“Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.”
― Man's Search For Ultimate Meaning
― Man's Search For Ultimate Meaning
“Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
“But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
“Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
Ratnavali’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ratnavali’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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