The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen.
Interpretation
The true essence of life often lies beyond what is visible or immediately apparent.
This quote suggests that the most vital aspects of our existence and experiences are often hidden from plain sight. It emphasizes the importance of looking beyond the surface and considering deeper values, emotions, and truths that may not be immediately visible but are essential to understanding life and our relationships within it.
In practice
During a speech about the importance of empathy, one could use this quote to emphasize understanding others beyond their actions.
Grown-ups love figures... When you tell them you've made a new friend they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you "What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies? " Instead they demand "How old is he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make? " Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.
Attitude is a paintbrush. It colors everything!
Water, thou hast no taste, no color, no odor; canst not be defined, art relished while ever mysterious. Not necessary to life, but rather life itself, thou fillest us with a gratification that exceeds the delight of the senses.
In those days, I didn't understand anything. I should have judged her according to her actions, not her words. She perfumed my planet and lit up my life. I should never have run away! I ought to have realized the tenderness underlying her silly pretensions. Flowers are so contadictory! But I was too young to know how to love her.
When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey.
When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed. Man is a knot, a web, a mesh into which relationships are tied. Only those relationships matter. The body is an old crock that nobody will miss. I have never known a man to think of himself when dying. Never.
Without war there are no heroes. What harm would that be? Oh, Lavinia, what a woman's question that is.
The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he's coming down.
Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that_x000D_ tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels.
Through forgiveness, which essentially means recognizing the insubstantiality of the past and allowing the present moment to be as it is, the miracle of transformation happens not only within but also without.
What I call a mimetic crisis is a situation of conflict so intense that on both sides people act the same way and talk the same way even though, or because, they are more and more hostile to each other.
I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons.
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