Tag: aging
Roger Bannister is Dead
On May 6, 1954 Roger Bannister broke the four minute mile. I was almost seven years old at the time and I was smitten. He was English, I was English. He looked like my Dad. We formed a running club an... Read MorePasternak on Compassion
”Before one is dead the slavery of compassion begins.” Boris Pasternak From The Zhivago Affair... Read MorePasternak on Death
“I already feel the breath of the other world on me.” Boris Pasternak A quote from his deathbed in The Zhivago Affair... Read MorePasternak on Life
“To live a life is not as simple as to cross a field.” Boris Pasternak Quoted in the Zhivago Affair... Read MoreWhat Do We Know
“If we could predict what we will know we would already know it.” Karl Popper... Read More
How to Live a Long Time #1
“Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.” ... Read More