Thou madest man, he knows not why, he thinks he was not made to die.
Interpretation
This quote reflects on human existence and the inherent struggle to understand life and mortality.
Alfred Lord Tennyson's quote explores the paradox of human awareness and existence. It suggests that while man possesses the capability to reflect upon his own creation and purpose, he remains oblivious to the reason behind his existence and the inevitability of death. The sentiment highlights a fundamental aspect of the human condition: the quest for meaning in a life that ultimately ends in mortality.
In practice
In a graduation speech about life's purpose and challenges.
Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For though from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among his boys, Whose youth was full of foolish noise.
O Love! what hours were thine and mine, In lands of palm and southern pine; In lands of palm, of orange-blossom, Of olive, aloe, and maize and vine!
Earth is dry to the centre,_x000D_ But spring, a new comer,_x000D_ A spring rich and strange,_x000D_ Shall make the winds blow_x000D_ Round and round,_x000D_ Thro' and thro',_x000D_ Here and there,_x000D_ Till the air_x000D_ And the ground_x000D_ Shall be fill'd with life anew.
O love, O fire! once he drew With one long kiss my whole soul through My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew.
But thy strong Hours indignant work’d their wills, And beat me down and marr’d and wasted me, And tho’ they could not end me, left me maim’d To dwell in presence of immortal youth, Immortal age beside immortal youth, And all I was, in ashes. - Tithonus
When you know your name, you should hang on to it, for unless it is noted down and remembered, it will die when you do.
Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.
A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets has no charm for me. If the Union is dissolved and government disrupted, I shall return to my native state and share the miseries of my people, and save in defense will draw my sword on none.
I'm open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.
Just as we might take Darwin as an example of the normal extraverted thinking type, the normal introverted thinking type could be represented by Kant. The one speaks with facts, the other relies on the subjective factor. Darwin ranges over the wide field of objective reality, Kant restricts himself to a critique of knowledge.
Marijuana grows naturally...Don't you think making nature against the law seems a bit, I don't know, unnatural?
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