While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.
Interpretation
It's important to create a lasting legacy that reflects good values and intentions.
This quote emphasizes the significance of not just leaving a mark in the world, but ensuring that the impact we have is positive and meaningful. It suggests that the direction and intention behind our actions are what truly matter in shaping our legacy, rather than simply the fact that we were here.
In practice
This quote could be used in a graduation speech to inspire students about the importance of making a positive impact.
The optimist sees a light at the end of the tunnel, the realist sees a train entering the tunnel, the pessimist sees a train speeding at him, hell for leather, and the machinist sees three idiots sitting on the rail track. "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist fears this is true."
Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.
Nothing was, nothing will be, everything has reality and presence
We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves from ourselves.
If I thought that everything I did was determined by my circumstancse and my psychological condition, I woudl feel trapped.
I stood staring, not as yet realising that this was death leaping from man to man in that little distant crowd.
My land is bare of chattering folk; / the clouds are low along the ridges, / and sweet's the air with curly smoke / from all my burning bridges.
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