The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Avoiding risk prevents you from learning, growing, and truly living, leading to a life of nothing.
- In plain terms
- If you never take risks, you never learn or truly live.
- What can you take from it?
- Avoiding risk stops you from living fully.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What risk are you avoiding right now?
- Does avoiding risk keep you stuck?
Another view
It undervalues caution in situations where safety is paramount.
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