November 29, 2011
“Your thought is as empty of moral meaning as the weather.  It may be inconvenient, it may be appalling, it may terrify you, but it is not under  your control.  It exists, you see.  And here are the things you can do with it: you can marvel at it; you can find a way to transform the seemingly inconvenient into your advantage; you can attempt to discern a pattern, the better to aid you to anticipate the developments; or you can wait for it to change.  At the very least you can endure it, and find the strength in the notion that it has a purpose, though that purpose may be hidden from you. Moreover, that purpose may be, finally, opposed to your will - but it has a purpose.” - David Mamet from Bar Mitzvah. Illustrations by Donald Sultan.

“Your thought is as empty of moral meaning as the weather.  It may be inconvenient, it may be appalling, it may terrify you, but it is not under  your control.  It exists, you see.  And here are the things you can do with it: you can marvel at it; you can find a way to transform the seemingly inconvenient into your advantage; you can attempt to discern a pattern, the better to aid you to anticipate the developments; or you can wait for it to change.  At the very least you can endure it, and find the strength in the notion that it has a purpose, though that purpose may be hidden from you.

Moreover, that purpose may be, finally, opposed to your will - but it has a purpose.”


- David Mamet from Bar Mitzvah. Illustrations by Donald Sultan.

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