"God thinks he's all that and a bag of chips." -David Bowie
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A german saying: "Besser Vorsicht als Nachsicht." It means that you should better be cautious or prepared beforehand than having to clean your mess up after it went wrong. Good preparations help you a lot in life.
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I only concern myself with 'how'. 'Why' is a question for philosophers and cowards, of which I am neither.
With all of the time I have, I am an insult to the dead.
In context, the person is saying they feel like they are wasting their life and that innumerable people in the past would've killed to have the kind of free time or life they have.
It reminds me to be grateful for both the time I have alive and the quality of that time.
I find it extremely motivating in pursuing my various personal pursuits. I should seem like a Renaissance master to the people of the past and anything less is insulting.
Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.
With all of the time I have, I am an insult to the dead.
In context, the person is saying they feel like they are wasting their life and that innumerable people in the past would've killed to have the kind of free time or life they have.
It reminds me to be grateful for both the time I have alive and the quality of that time.
I find it extremely motivating in pursuing my various personal pursuits. I should seem like a Renaissance master to the people of the past and anything less is insulting.
I don't know where this quote originated. I first heard it from my future SO and it goes something like this
"It is human nature to assume that once we have found the answer, we will find peace. Instead, one must find peace first, then the answer will come."
"if you poo you also pee, but if you pee you don't always poo"