“Isn’t ‘not to be bored’ one of the principal goals of life?”
Source: Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour
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“You can't be boring. Life is boring. The weather is boring. Actors must not be boring.”
Obituary in New York Times
“One of the goals of education should be to teach that life is precious.”
Source: Motivation and Personality (1954), p. 255.
“To search for truth should be the main goal in one's life.”
Thought at Sunrise (2007)
Context: To search for truth should be the main goal in one's life. This is a very difficult task. Let us begin by asking what is truth? What is untruth? To make this decision itself is difficult. Once the decision has been made, it is even more difficult to understand the limitations possible even in truth: elements of doubt and illusion. The Ultimate Truth is still far away, even if we are anywhere near relative truth, it should be deemed a great achievement. Those who live by truth sometimes become so dogged in their pursuit that even their truth seems a lie. Without control over passions and practicing neutrality, purity and straightforwardness, do we have a right to seek the truth?
“Life isn’t like coursework, baby. It’s one damn essay crisis after another.”
"Exams work because they're scary", Daily Telegraph, 12 May 2005, p. 22.
2000s, 2005
“This isn’t a class. This is real life.”
Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Falling Free (1988), Chapter 8 (p. 152)
On Contradiction (1937)
