"Life is short and the art long, the occasion instant, experiment perilous, decision difficult." - Hippocrates
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
The Speaker Is ...
Simone de Beauvoir, who wrote those words in 1952. I always think it's stunning how timeless some things are. That is definitely timeless, in that any modern-day feminist philosopher or writer could have very easily written that today.
The most important relationship you'll have in life is with yourself. This doesn't discount the role of other people. As Pearl Buck said, "I love people. I love my family, my children ... but inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up."
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