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11. โOne question brought me to the edge of
the abyss when I was 50 years old.โ
โConfessionsโ by Leo Tolstoy
12. The question is this:
"What will come of what I do today and
tomorrow? What will come of my entire
life? or expressed differently,
Why should I live?
13. Why should I wish for or do anything? or
to put it another way, is there any
meaning in life that will not be destroyed
by my inevitably approaching death? My
deeds, [my work, my accomplishments]
whatever they may be, will be forgotten
sooner or later, and I myself will be no
more. Why then do anything?
14. I could not attach a rational meaning to
a single act in my entire life. The only
thing that amazed me was how I had
failed to realize this from the very
beginning. How could anyone fail to see
this? That's what is amazing."
15. "It is possible to live as long as life
intoxicates us, but once we are sober
we cannot help seeing that it's all a
delusion. There's nothing funny or
witty about it at all.
It's only cruel and stupid."
16. โWherever riches have increased, the
essence of religion has decreased in the
same proportion.โ โ John Wesley