Source: Salome
Mattie Do (1981) Laotian film director
『永遠の散歩』Q&A マティー・ドー | "The Long Walk[Bor Mi Vanh Chark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfFCgPzBUag" Q&A Mattie Do (Director) - 7 Nov 2019, at 07 Min 07 Sec] <br class="br">From Tokyo International Film Festival Q&A
“All teems with symbol; the wise man is the man who in any one thing can read another.”
Plotinus (203–270) Neoplatonist philosopher
II.3.7
The First Ennead (c. 250)
“Everything is a symbol of a symbol, and a symbol of what? Of mind.”
Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881) Swiss philosopher and poet
30 December 1850
Journal Intime (1882), Journal entries
Context: Everything which is, is thought, but not conscious and individual thought. The human intelligence is but the consciousness of being. It is what I have formulated before: Everything is a symbol of a symbol, and a symbol of what? of mind.
“Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. ”
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
“I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.”
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
Variant: Everything happens for a reason, even when we are not wise enough to see it. When there is no struggle, there is no strength.
“A wise man will make more opportunities, than he finds.”
Francis Bacon book Essays
Of Ceremonies and Respect
Essays (1625)
Variant: Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
Source: The Essays
“Despite everything, life is full of beauty and meaning.”
Etty Hillesum (1914–1943) Jewish diarist
Source: Lettres De Westerbork
Benedict Freedman book Mrs. Mike
Source: Mrs. Mike
