"I've been thinking a lot about space. It was one of those slow-motion realisations how little we are, how far we are from everything else in our solar system. This idea of distance started kind of haunting me. How do you go forth and accomplish things but not end up leaving everything you started out with in the dust?"
- Regina Spektor
About this Quote
In this quote, Regina Spektor reviews her ideas about space and the vastness of our planetary system. She explains a slow awareness of how small and insignificant we remain in contrast to the vastness of deep space. This idea of range and our place in the grand scheme of things begins to haunt her. She concerns how one can progress and attain things without leaving behind everything they started with. This might be translated as a metaphor for life and the struggle to stabilize development and development with keeping one's roots and worths. It highlights the human desire to make a mark on the world while likewise acknowledging our minimal existence in the grand plan of things.
"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom"
