A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on. (Montresor)
Interpretation
The relentless pursuit of knowledge persists despite the challenges or sacrifices involved.
This quote illustrates the idea that the quest for understanding and wisdom is a journey that continues regardless of the hardships or consequences one may face. The imagery of 'a million candles' burning out highlights the transient nature of resources, yet the determination to keep seeking knowledge remains undeterred.
In practice
During a graduation speech to encourage graduates to continue their pursuit of knowledge.
But evil things, in robes of sorrow, Assailed the monarch's high estate; (Ah, let us mourn, for never morrow Shall dawn upon him desolate!) And round about his home the glory That blushed and bloomed, Is but a dim-remembered story Of the old time entombed.
Most writers - poets in especial - prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine frenzy - an ecstatic intuition - and would positively shudder at letting the public take a peep behind the scenes.
...the agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair.
Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best have gone to their eternal rest.
I could have clasped the red walls to my bosom as a garment of eternal peace. "Death," I said, "any death but that of the pit!" Fool! might I have not known that into the pit it was the object of the burning iron to urge me?
In our endeavors to recall to memory something long forgotten, we often find ourselves upon the very verge of remembrance, without being able, in the end, to remember.
There is no limit to the ingenuity of man if it is properly and vigorously applied under conditions of peace and justice.
A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow.
You know, I've learned a lot from every person I've collaborated with, from Madlib to Jean Grae and Hi-Tek, to Mos to DJ Quik, to even somebody like Jermaine Dupri. I've taken something important away from every experience.
Self-confidence without self-reliance is as useless as a cooking recipe without food. Self-confidence sees the possibilities of the individual; self-reliance realizes them. Self-confidence sees the angel in the unhewn block of marble; self-reliance carves it out for oneself.
When you practice Transcendental Meditation you are given a key to the deepest level of life.
If we are not free, no one will respect us.
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