Where does the time go? — big questions
Aphorisms train your ear for rhythm: history is what we did; the future is what we do.
New core words in this lesson
beliefbirthdeathexistenceexperiencefuturepastpurposereligionselftendencythoughwise
Read the sentences below, then practice the whole lesson with audio.
- 1Where does the time go?
- 2The past is a country we can't go back to.
- 3Every birth is the start of a new story.
- 4Death is part of life — the hard part to say out loud.
- 5History is what we did; the future is what we do.
- 6Experience is the school with the highest prices.
- 7Belief is a light you take with you — religion is one of its houses.
- 8What's my purpose here? — Big question for a Tuesday.
- 9Know your self first; the rest gets simpler.
- 10A wise person knows how much they don't know.
- 11Existence is strange — and beautiful, and short.
- 12Our natural tendency is to want more; peace is wanting this.
- 13There are a hundred theories about life — you get to live one.
- 14Though the road is long, look how far we've come.
- 15You've collected the words — now go and live them.
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