How Do You Live?
Genzaburo Yoshino
Top 10 Best Quotes
“You take many things from the world, but I wonder what you will give back in return?”
“When I think how sometimes people can be brave enough to overcome any fear, any hardship, it gives me a feeling I can hardly describe. To charge right at the things that are painful and difficult, break through to the other side, and take pleasure in that - don't you think that's truly fantastic? The greater the suffering, the greater the joy in overcoming it.”
“We have the power to decide on our own who we will be. Therefore, we will make mistakes. However- We have the power to decide on our own who we will be. There, we can also recover from mistakes.”
“That is why I think the first, most basic step in these matters is to start with the moments of real feeling in your life, when your heart is truly moved, and to think about the meaning of those. The things that you feel most deeply, from the very bottom of your heart, will never deceive you in the slightest. And so at all times, in all things, whatever feelings you may have, consider these carefully.”
“But between the people who produce things over and above what they consume, and send them out into the world, and the people who don't produce anything and who do nothing but consume, which are the great human beings? Which are the important human beings? If you ask yourself this, it's not much of a puzzle, is it?”
“It should go without saying that the true worth of a person doesn't depend on that person's clothes or house or food.”
“Still, I can become a good person. I can become a good person and create one good person for the world. And I think that if I can just do that, then I might become a person who can create even more than that.”
“I think there has to come a time when everyone in the world treats each other as if they were good friends. Since humanity has come so far, I think now we will definitely be able to make it to such a place. So I think I want to become a person who can help that happen.”
“As for why this is so-please remember this well-it's because in the world today, the vast majority of people are poor. So the vast majority of the people in this world are unable to live their lives in a way that is really human-this is the problem of our time, greater than any other.”
“The world is full of people who are not bad, but weak, people who bring unnecessary misfortune upon themselves and others for no reason but weakness. A heroic spirit that's not devoted to human progress may be empty and meaningless, but goodness that is lacking in the spirit of heroism is often empty as well.”
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Book Keywords:
coming-of-age, philosophical-reflection, suffering, overcome, how-to-live, wisdom, depression-recovery, motivational, inspirational, mistakes, depression
