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19. "At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us."
You Must Change Your Life: Poetry, Philosophy, and the Birth of Sense is a 2002 book by John Lysaker in which the author provides a philosophical treatment of poetry through an interlocution between Martin Heidegger and Charles Simic. The title is derived from the poem "Archaic Torso of Apollo" by Rainer Maria Rilke. According to Lysaker, his ...
"I hope you don’t mind / I hope you don’t mind / That I put down in the words / How wonderful life is while you’re in the world." — Elton John, “Your Song” "If I loved you less, I ...
Constance Scharff of the New York Journal of Books wrote that "what is most compelling about You Are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters is that if you can hold the ideas set out in its pages as at least possible, you may find your capacity to change your life will be catapulted off the charts. If the universe is ...
The first English use of the expression "meaning of life" appears in Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus (1833–1834), book II chapter IX, "The Everlasting Yea". [1]Our Life is compassed round with Necessity; yet is the meaning of Life itself no other than Freedom, than Voluntary Force: thus have we a warfare; in the beginning, especially, a hard-fought battle.
Existential nihilism is the philosophical theory that life has no objective meaning or purpose. [1] The inherent meaninglessness of life is largely explored in the philosophical school of existentialism, where one can potentially create their own subjective "meaning" or "purpose".
“Just a note to say that we hope things are going well, as we remain interested in your well being. Drop us a line anytime you like.” “We realize that receiving a letter periodically expressing our interest in how things are going may seem a bit routine. However, we continue to be interested in you and how you are doing.
They woke me up in the middle of the night to transfer me to Research Psychiatric. It was quiet in the ward: Everyone was asleep. Back then, in the winter of 2010, I had extraordinarily vivid dreams, and I loved to dream, because I often dreamt of my children and other good things that were no longer part of my waking everyday life.