I have made the most important discovery of my career, the most important discovery of my life: It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logic or reasons can be found.
John Forbes NashRead
There are things that tend to moderate with age. Schizophrenia is somewhat like that.
Interpretation
As people grow older, certain intense experiences or conditions, like schizophrenia, may appear to lessen in severity or impact.
John Forbes Nash reflects on how age can bring moderation to various aspects of life, including mental health conditions such as schizophrenia. This perspective suggests that with time and experience, individuals may find a sense of balance or control over their challenges, embracing a more nuanced understanding of their circumstances.
In practice
In a discussion about mental health recovery at a community seminar.
I have made the most important discovery of my career, the most important discovery of my life: It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logic or reasons can be found.
I seem to be thinking rationally again in the style that is characteristic of scientists. However this is not entirely a matter of joy as if someone returned from physical disability to good physical health.
Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers. But I cannot say who will be the militia of the future day. If that paper on the table [the Constitution] gets no alteration, the militia of the future day may not consist of all classes, high and low, and rich and poor.
I want you to understand that I respect the rights of the poorest and weakest of colored people, oppressed by the slave system, just as much as I do those of the most wealthy and powerful. That is the idea that has moved me, and that alone.
The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd. But it is tragic only at the rare moments when it becomes conscious.
People who are lying are, understandably, more worried about being believed, so they work harder - too hard, as it were - at being believable.
There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view things
Until we Dream of Life and Life becomes a Dream.
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