The examined life Quotes

“Plato says that the unexamined life is not worth living. But what if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well?”

“If truth is what you seek, then the examined life will only take you on a long ride to the limits of solitude and leave you by the side of the road with your truth and nothing else.”

“In De Rerum Natura, Lucretius pointed out a very central truth concerning the examined life. That is, that the man of science who concerns himself solely with science, who cannot enjoy and be enriched by art, is a misshapen man. An incomplete man.”

“Closure is just as delusive-it is the false hope that we can deaden our living grief.”

“Being loved is the problem, because love is a demand - when you're loved, someone wants more of you.”

“For a minute, the fantasy frightened her, but ultimately, this fear saved her from feeling alone.”

“we all try to silence painful emotions. but when we succeed in feeling nothing we lose the only means we have of knowing what hurts us and why.”

“A lot of people, especially psychoanalysts, assume that happiness can only be found in a couple - but not all of us are made for a relationship.”

“And although it might be best of all to be Socrates satisfied, having both happiness and depth, we would give up some happiness in order to gain the depth.”