Thursday, April 19, 2007

A Life of Meaning or a Life of Happiness?

Andri: Can we NOT choose?

Quote from TV Series: Heroes, a conversation between Mr. Linderman and Nathan Petrelli;
Linderman: You see, I think there comes a time when a man has to ask himself whether he wants a life of happiness or a life of meaning.

Nathan: I'd like to have both.

Linderman: Can't be done. Two very different paths. I mean, to be truly happy, a man must live absolutely in the present and with no thought with what's gone on before, and no thought of what lies ahead. But a life of meaning, a man is condemned to wallow in the past and obsess about the future. And my guess is that you've done quite a bit of obsessing about yours these last few days.

(Nathan pulls out a gun)

Now you can't have any of my pot pie.

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