"Live a good life.
If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by.
If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them.
If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life and will live on in the memories of your loved ones."
-Marcus Aurelius
Gladiator.
ReplyDeleteI've thought a lot about this. I've never heard this quote before, but I've thought a lot about this. God is good. God is fair. God is reasonable.
This quote seems to be somewhat anti-religion, but very powerful.
your life is your life
ReplyDeletedon’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.
@Charles Bukowski