Diasporado

Some of my favourite quotes from the documentary “The Philosopher Kings”:

“By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher.”
-Socrates

“What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.”
-Antoine De Saint-Exupéry

“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.”
-Arthur Ashe

“Everything has been figured out, except how to live.”
-Jean-Paul Sartre

“There will be no end to the troubles of states, or indeed of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers.”
-Plato

I like how the documentary portrays that everybody, no matter how young or old, how rich or poor, has stories to tell and wisdom to share. Some of the most remarkable and moving stories come from experiences of failure and brokenness, hardships and trials. They have the potential to put the rest of us to shame, jolt us from our disillusions of life and face life as it is. Who is the true philosopher? Who should be enthroned?

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3