Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Nicholas of Cusa

“The unattainable is attained by is unattainment.” Does that statement really mean anything? This can be reworded to do nothing is to be successful at nothing. I guess this is the easiest way to achieve success. The best way to reach your goal is to set the bar really low. This isn’t the best way to go about your life. If you live by this motto you will undoubtedly have a very unproductive life. But will you be happy? That depends on how much you can convince yourself that you are happy with be successful in your endeavor to accomplish nothing. If you can trick yourself into saying you have succeeded in everything you have attempted to do in life, without feeling bad about not attempting anything, then it can be an easy way to be happy in life.

“Man’s last and highest parting occurs when, for God’s sake, he takes leave of God.” This can be interpreted two ways. First that when you finally remove the belief in God you open yourself up to a world with fewer limitations and you can find the truth of life in reason and understanding. Or it can be interpreted that when you stop believing in God your life comes to an end. You will no longer reach the place you were before in life and you life is now over, ending in a horrible existence in hell.

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