The only thing in the world worth a damn is the strange, touching, pathetic, awesome nobility of the individual human spirit.
Interpretation
The essence of humanity lies in the individuality and resilience of each person.
This quote emphasizes the profound value of the individual human spirit, suggesting that the true worth of existence is found in the unique struggles, emotions, and dignities of each person. It acknowledges the complexity and nobility inherent in each individual, recognizing both their vulnerability and strength as key elements of the human experience.
In practice
In a motivational speech about perseverance and human strength.
At times it seems as if arranging to have no commitment of any kind to anyone would be a special freedom. But in fact the whole idea works in reverse. The most deadly commitment of all is to be committed only to one's self. Some come to realize this after they are in the nursing home.
Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather.
Like the bee gathering honey from the different flowers, the wise person _x000D_ accepts the essence of the different scriptures and sees only the good in all religions.
Funk is the unending cycle of life. It's the ultimate concept—wherever your imagination will take it.
It is better to emit a scream in the shape of a theory than to be entirely insensible to the jars and incongruities of life and take everything as it comes in a forlorn stupidity.
Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform, and distinct
I recall drinking sherry in California and dreaming of England, where I ate dalmoth and dreamed of Delhi. What is the purpose, I wonder, of all this restlessness? I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.
Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
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