September 15, 2008
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Some Thoughts in Passing
(notes sloppily scribbled in a notebook while in Italy)
If you want people to agree with your opinion, be rude and unkind, and argue for the opposite side.
If we fear the critics we will never be extraordinary people.
We would be much less impressed with each man’s mind if we knew all his thoughts, and when and in what form they came, rather than only knowing the select few he deigns to divulge, and the eloquent form in which he delivers them.
When he dies, each man is a bundle of unspoken thoughts.
With the crowds of people during the day, the sunset in the evening, the stars at night, and situations of inescapable solitude at times, it is the thoughtless human that is the truly extraordinary specimen.
It is better to learn contentedness of life than to save money for a vacation. Though it may not be easier.
In public places an entire continuum of the human life is present, with the old and the young showing us in a single moment every stage of what we go through.
It is too bad thoughts we have labored over and contemplated extensively for long hours are summed up in quickly-read sentences.
Ciao, friends.
Comments (2)
Ok, the first one made me laugh out loud.
The rest, well, all I can say is, deep.
“In public places an entire contiuum of the human life is present, with the old and the young showing us in a single moment every stage of what we go through.” This is a very poetic thought. And a rather large concept to wrap my mind around at that.
Hahah! Brilliant.