To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no longer.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Focusing too much on describing life well can stop you from actually living it.
- In plain terms
- If you focus too much on describing life, you stop living it.
- What can you take from it?
- Live your life directly instead of worrying about how to describe it.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you living or just observing?
- How do you express your life?
Another view
Sometimes expressing life well is the best way to honor it.
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