Kloka ord

”For those of us who manage somehow to cope with our mortality. The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create her own meaning. Children, of course, begin life with an untarnished sense of wonder, a capacity to experience total joy at something as simple as the greenness of a leaf; but as they grow older, the awareness of death and decay begins to impinge on their consciousness and subtly erode their joie de vivre, their idealism — and their assumption of immortality. As a child matures, she sees death and pain everywhere about her, and begins to lose faith in the ultimate goodness of man. But if she’s reasonably strong — and lucky — she can emerge from the twilight of the soul into a rebirth of life’s elan. Both because of and in spite of her awareness of the meaninglessness of life, she can forge a fresh sense of purpose and affirmation. She may not recapture the same pure sense of wonder she was born with, but she can shape something far more enduring and sustaining. The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent; but if we can come to terms with this indifference and accept the challenges of life within the boundaries of death — however mutable man may be able to make them — our existence as a species can have genuine meaning and fulfillment. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.”

Stanley Kubrick