Everything you have is to give. Thou art a phenomenon of philosophy and an unfortunate man.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the idea that one's true value lies in what they can offer to others, highlighting both the philosophical insights and the burden of existence.
In this quote, Hemingway suggests that the essence of a person is defined by their capacity to contribute and share with the world. The phrase 'an unfortunate man' indicates a recognition of personal struggles, implying that understanding one's own challenges can lead to a deeper appreciation of one's ability to give and the philosophical questions surrounding existence and purpose.
In practice
This quote could be shared at a charity event to inspire attendees to give generously.
He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of great occurrences, nor of great fish, nor fights, nor contests of strength, nor of his wife. He only dreamed of places now and the lions on the beach. They played like young cats in the dusk and he loved them as he loved the boy. He never dreamed about the boy. He simply woke, looked out the open door at the moon and unrolled his trousers and put them on.
How did you go bankrupt?" Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.
When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first.
There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any other. We always returned to it no matter who we were or how it was changed or with what difficulties, or ease, it could be reached. Paris was always worth it and you received return for whatever you brought to it. But this is how Paris was in the early days when we were very poor and very happy.
Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.
There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.
What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
I believe a constitution can permit the co-existence of several cultures and ethnic groups with a single state.
We could not guard every water pipeline from being blown up and every tree from being uprooted. We could not prevent every murder of a worker in an orchard or a family in their beds. But it was in our power to set high price for our blood, a price too high for the Arab community, the Arab army, or the Arab governments to think it worth paying... It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce 'the policy of strength' toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness.
War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.
Evolutionary psychologists seem to want to unmask our noblest motives as ultimately self-interested - to show that our love for children, compassion for the unfortunate and sense of justice are just tactics in a Darwinian struggle to perpetuate our genes.
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