Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Live humbly.

Then he came back and sat down with the paper in his hand. "Oddly enough, this wasn't written by a practicing poet. It was written by a psychoanalyst name Wilhelm Stekel. Here's what he- Are you still with me?"
"Yes, sure I am."
"Here's what he said: 'The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.' "

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If one is dying ANYWAY, should he THEN perhaps do so nobly?
Hmmmm...

Fajita said...

oh lord. no one is dying, this way, or anyway. i finished, i finished, i finished, i finished. yeh, the book. i finally finished:)