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“To refuse death is to refuse life.”
Meaning: In The Farthest Shore, the wizard Ged explains to a young prince that clinging to endless life drains the world of meaning. Mortality gives living its shape and urgency. Used in daily life, it encourages you to accept limits and endings, then spend your finite days on what you truly value. -
“There’s seldom as much hurry as I used to think there was.”
Meaning: A character in The Other Wind, one of Le Guin's late Earthsea novels, says this with the calm of age. The urgency we feel often exceeds what a situation demands. When you notice yourself rushing, ask what truly would go wrong if you slowed down, and let that answer set your pace. -
“There are those who say we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.”
Meaning: Humphrey emphasizes urgency in addressing injustice, highlighting delayed progress in civil rights. -
“I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is.”
Meaning: This quote stresses the urgency of climate change and the need for immediate action. -
“The future depends on our willingness to act together with urgency and purpose.”
Meaning: Action shapes the future.
