Quotes I’m Pondering
(Tim Ferriss: Jan. 8–Jan. 29, 2016)
“People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive.”
–Joseph Campbell
American mythologist and writer, known for The Hero with a Thousand Faces
“If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.”
–Chinese proverb
“There is nothing that the busy man is less busy with than living; there is nothing harder to learn.”
–Seneca
Roman Stoic philosopher, famed playwright
“Creation is a better means of self-expression and possession; it is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed.”
–Vida Dutton Scudder
American educator, writer, and welfare activist