You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
#findingjoy
My favourite, and I love the ambiguity over the interpretation (I rarely agree with historians when it comes to most topics on literature and poetry, and this time is no different) 🤍🤎.
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The literal meaning of life is whatever you're doing that prevents you from killing yourself.
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
“Fidelity‘s value can be weighed only by first weighing the object toward which it flows. As Vladimir Jankélévitch concludes, “Faithfulness to stupidity is yet one more stupidity.” Fidelity to one‘s political party at the cost of loyalty to one‘s humanity is not fidelity, but most often betrayal.”
“The misery and greatness of this world: it offers no truths, but only objects for love. Absurdity is king, but love saves us from it.”
Yes, I‘m a fan 😁
Our #bookhaul from The Reader‘s Corner included 4 #modernlibrary editions, all with dust jackets! Now to rearrange my shelf to put them with their fellows. 😀 @Leftcoastzen @Aimeesue @vivastory
