I'm still learning, you know. At 80, I feel there is a lot I don't know.
Interpretation
Life is a continuous journey of learning, regardless of age.
Lena Horne's quote emphasizes the idea that learning is a lifelong process and that even at the age of 80, one can acknowledge gaps in knowledge. It reflects humility and a recognition that wisdom comes from continual exploration and curiosity about the world.
In practice
In a speech about lifelong education, this quote can be used to inspire older adults.
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. Carry it by the comfortable handles of gratitude for what's positive and that it is not worse, rather than the uncomfortable edges of bitterness for the negatives and that it is not better.
I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody.
I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could accept. I was their daydream. I had the worst kind of acceptance because it was never for how great I was or what I contributed. It was because of the way I looked.
My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman.
In my early days I was a sepia Hedy Lamarr. Now I'm black and a woman, singing my own way.
Is detachment the answer to freedom? No, because detachment is negative - it is to be without. The answer must be positive - I must replace what I have with something better.
. . . I feel we donβt really need scriptures. The entire life is an open book, a scripture. Read it. Learn while digging a pit or chopping some wood or cooking some food. If you canβt learn from your daily activities, how are you going to understand the scriptures? (233)
Great doubt will eventually lead to great awakening.
Oh, I see;" said the Tin Woodman. "But, after all, brains are not the best things in the world." Have you any?" enquired the Scarecrow. No, my head is quite empty," answered the Woodman; "but once I had brains, and a heart also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart.
The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
I believe psychology has done very well in working out how to understand and treat disease. But I think that is literally half-baked. If all you do is work to fix problems, to alleviate suffering, then by definition you are working to get people to zero, to neutral.
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