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Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it is too dark to read.
Groug Marx

DO EVERY ACT OF YOUR LIFE AS IF IT WERE THE VERY LAST ACT OF YOUR LIFE
- Marcus Aurelius - Roman emperor & philosopher
Stoic

By living life to its dullest, we prepare dor dwath. We see our infinity. It cn be compared with what the French call “our little death”. The feeling of emptiness right after sexuality climax. Only NOW !

THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS SURELY WORTH LIVING; BUT IS THE UNLIVED LIFE WIRTH EXAMINING ?
Adam Phillips, British psycho analyst & philosopher (1954 - ), Freudian existentialist

Modern man is so preoccupied with the lives he has not lived, that he misses out on appreciating the only one life he actually has. We drift from “what might have been” into “what next”, forgetting NOW.

Every hour we are offered the opportunity to make a decision, a decision which determined whether you will or will not submit to those powers that threathen to rob you of your very self, your inner integrity & freedom. Which determine whether or not you would become the plaything of circumstance where you loose your dignity.
Finding the meaning of life implies finding something to be positive about. And vice versa.

The need for “logos” (Greek dor meaning) supersedes all other drives (Freud’s sex drive, Adler’s power drive).
= Logotherapy > the Third Viennese School of psychotherapy.
Even when we think we have lost all control over our life, we may yet control our attitude over our lives.

THE STATUE OF LIBERTY shakes hands witn THE STATUE OF RESPONSIBILITY

Live as you would live a second time. And as though you had acted wrong ly the first time.
- Viktor Franki - Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher (existentialist 1905-1997)

Each person always possesses the freedom to choose a meaning for his life - a reason to remain alive - and that “finding meaning” answers man most basic drive.
NEVERTHELESS , SAY YES TO LIFE !

A man who strives after goodness in all his acts, is sure to come to ruin , since there re so many men who are not good.
Niccolo Macchiavelli, 1469-1529, Political philosopher and diplomat

I don’t think there is much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there’s some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise, don’t bother weiting a book; go and find a tropical island & lie in the sun.
PETER SINGER - 1946 , Moral philosopher

On the other hand, each little life is a small cosmos on itself, a litlle world.
That little worls is our oyster. Where our small acts of kindneas do make a difference.

The ripple effect: every little thing we do, has repercussions that can reach far.

“The wonderful life theory”: a social-behaviour variation on the Butterfly Effect. I.e. the flap of a butterfly’s wings in one part of the globe can be the determinjng cause of a hurricane in the other side of the globe. A small event can generate big changes.