Life advises

[matrixmann]

Famous quotes - who really knows they've been authored by the people they get attributed to?
Who can really say it's that what they meant? That what they thought?
And - who can say if they weren't a bit naive and really that wise?
Who knows at all if they totally personally were that what they get regarded as these days - decades, centuries, even thousands of years after they have lived?

With what certainty do people use them for brightening up their lives?
Are they afraid of something?

Comments

[maadmike.livejournal.com]

I like quotes - I'd made an audio courses of all I could cope through the Internet, I was listening them walking at forest, working on my job - I was never thinking the questions you give about them still they make my mood to flow to the relaxing contemplation of other's wise viewing ways and all around gives new perspective and food for abstract thinking.

[matrixmann]

Hm... I'm getting an idea: What about own quotes? I mean, quoting oneself? Phrases one created by oneself?

[maadmike.livejournal.com]

For me it is not that important who is behind a quote it should be interesting. I’d got to some Internet site where there is a rating for quotes and everybody could leave one or more, so I had copied around hundreds from famous people and not and got a lot of pleasure to listen them after now and then.

[matrixmann]

I only find that barely someone uses a quote by some unknown fella or his neighbor to support his own position - or whatever he has in mind as a purpose. That's why I make "author" a topic in this.

[maadmike.livejournal.com]

If to think about quoting myself... well, my relatives/friends do it constantly as I am quoting them as well, it is absolutely normal but we are not writing them down to the eternity judging...