Self

Page 30. Self. Key meaning Sarte said that that man needs meaning,but he needs to create it himself. Emmanuel Kant a German philosopher said that anything you decide for yourself ought also, logically, to apply to everyone else. He called it categorical imperative. To look after your own needs and wants is right and proper, I argue, because you have to feel good about yourself before you can be of any use to others. It was Churchill who said that you can earn your living by what you get, just justify it by what you give

— from Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)

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The hand you were dealt — your nature, your family, the pantry you were cooked from — you did not choose, and there is no use raging at it. But what you make of it is almost entirely yours, because a human being is not handed his meaning; he has to create it himself. You are, in the words of the old poem I have carried my whole life, the master of your fate and the captain of your soul. — Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)

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