The older I get, the more I believe in what I can't explain or understand, even more than the things that are explainable and understandable.
Interpretation
As we age, we may find greater value in the mysteries of life than in rational explanations.
Lillian Gishβs quote reflects the wisdom that often comes with age, suggesting that as we grow older, we may become more inclined to embrace the unknown and the inexplicable aspects of life. This perspective highlights the limitations of rationality and encourages a deeper appreciation for the mysteries and wonders that cannot easily be understood, recognizing that these elements can hold significant meaning in our lives.
In practice
A public speaking event discussing the role of faith in understanding our lives as we age.
You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally he played my husband. If he had lived I'm sure I would have played his mother. That's the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.
I never approved of talkies. Silent movies were well on their way to developing an entirely new art form. It was not just pantomine, but something wonderfully expressive.
The stage was our school, our home, our life.
I've never been in style, so I can't go out of style.
Those who have a why to live for can bear almost any how. The necessary premise is that a person is somehow more than his or her "characteristics," all the emotions, strivings, tastes, and constructions which it pleases us to call "My Life." We have grounds to hope that a Life is something more than a cloud of particles, mere facticity. Go through what is comprehensible and you conclude that only the incomprehensible gives any light.
Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something.
It's just what people do when they're getting old, when they're sick of themselves and their life; they think of money and take care of themselves.
Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.
We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
some mornings... I sit at the kitchen table shaking salt into the hairs on my arm, and a feeling shoves up in me: it's finished. Everything went past without me.
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