John SteinbeckIt seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world.
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It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world. This quote is attributed to Socrates. He was an ancient Greek philosopher who believed that the only way to achieve true wisdom was to avoid making value judgments about things that do not matter to us. He considered it a waste of time to judge things that are not relevant to our lives.
He also believed that the only thing that really matters is our own happiness and well-being, not what other people think about us. The quote implies that it does not matter how we live our lives as long as we make it worth living. You don’t have to give up your dreams or your work just because you are dying.
Source: East Of Eden
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