It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.
Ursula K. Le GuinRead
I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning.
Interpretation
The quote suggests a sense of acceptance and peace with the present, regardless of future uncertainties.
Ursula K. Le Guin's quote emphasizes the importance of living in the moment and finding beauty in the experience of life itself, regardless of what challenges may lie ahead. By referencing 'the dragons on the wind of morning', Le Guin encourages an appreciation for the wonders and dangers that can exist simultaneously, suggesting that confronting these experiences can be fulfilling and enlightening.
In practice
This quote can be shared at a mindfulness workshop to inspire participants to embrace the present.
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.
In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we're done with it, we may find - if it's a good novel - that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have changed a little... But it's very hard to say just what we learned, how we were changed.
Reason is a faculty far larger than mere objective force. When either the political or the scientific discourse announces itself as the voice of reason, it is playing God, and should be spanked and stood in the corner.
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.
When he found that the administrators were upset, he laughed. βDo they expect students not to be anarchists?β he said. βWhat else can the young be? When you are on the bottom, you must organize from the bottom up
What I will say is that what I have learned for myself is that I donβt have to be anybody else; and that myself is good enough; and that when I am being true to that self, then I can avail myself to extraordinary thingsYou have to allow for the impossible to be possible.
I consider myself a crayon... I may not be your favorite color but one day you'll need me to complete your picture.
Well, the task I've set forth will long outlive our own generation. But together, we too have come through the worst. Let us now begin a major effort to secure the best- a crusade for freedom that will engage the faith and fortitude of the next generation. For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to determine their own destiny.
I had always been proud of my body - its strength and grace enabled me to pursue my passions.
What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet.
God's grace is painted on the canvas of despair.
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