What I'd like is to meet a man I could take off my hat to and say: "Thank you for having got born, and the longer you live the better.
Interpretation
The quote expresses gratitude towards individuals who positively impact our lives.
In this quote, Maxim Gorky conveys a sense of admiration for those who inspire and uplift us. He suggests that meeting such a person is like finding someone worthy of respect and gratitude, as their very existence contributes to the betterment of the world. The appreciation for life and longevity reflects a deep recognition of one's positive contributions to others and society.
In practice
In a speech acknowledging a mentor's impact on your career.
If it is true that only misfortune can awaken a man's soul, it is a bitter truth, one that is hard to hear and accept, and it is only natural that many people deny it and say it is better for a man to live on in a trance than to wake up to torture.
A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.
To speak the truth is the most difficult of all arts, for in its "pure" form, not connected with the interests of individuals, groups, classes, or nations, truth is almost completely unsuitable for use by the Philistine and is unacceptable to him.
Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.
Truth doesn't always heal a wounded soul.
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone.
If you want to do really important things in life and big things in life, you can't do anything by yourself. And your best teams are your friends and your siblings.
...Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don't develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
As much progress as we think we've made with legislation, litigation and education, anti-Semitism still continues to be the No. 2 hate crime in the United States. You can't eliminate it, but you can try to keep a lid on it.
Dear young people, Jesus wants to be your friend, and wants you to spread the joy of this friendship everywhere.
I think . . . I said things to Silas. He'll be angry.' 'If he didn't care about you, you couldn't upset him,' was all she said.
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