Favorite Quotation 091105
Nothing you do is important, but it is very important that you do it. —Mahatma Gandhi
I read that as: You cannot do anything truly important, but you cannot then just sit around doing nothing.
Other readings?
I post here as one would post entries in a commonplace book: "a book of literary passages, cogent quotations, occasional thoughts, or other memorabilia" --[Merriam-Webster 3rd International]. I post, with excerpts and links, on topics of personal interest: nutrition, evolution, human physiology, cognition, language, the energy crisis, recently read books, and consciousness. "Occasional thoughts" may sometimes take the form of poems I've written and favorite quotations from the literature.
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The purpose of life is to do good to others, what the others are here for I have no idea.
I remember a quote (that this reminds me of). I don't remember it precisely, but only its impression on me: Sometimes we seem insignificant in the scheme of things, that the world is truely big and nothing we do matters; what we may not always remember is that We are someone's world, we are big to someone, and in that matter everything we do makes a difference in their lives. Just thinking of you Tony and the significant role/ remodel you have been in my life. When i was little my mom and you were everything to me. and even though i've grown up that still holds truth with a few added individuals.
-jennie
Jennie,
Thank you for your sweet sentiments. I miss our wide-ranging exploratory conversations, for the intimacy of mind-sharing and for all that I've learned from you and taken inspiration. --Tony
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