The wisdom of life

Author: André Malraux
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This book is a collection of reflections on life by André Malraux, with a fresh tone and poetic, flowing language. The thoughts on thinking, love, work, leadership, and aging in the book make one feel that life is filled with art. A philosopher once said, "I think, therefore I am," and an artist said, "Poetry is the most beautiful language in the world." "Thinking" and "poetry" are originally the most fundamental ways humans express their thoughts and emotions, as well as the most basic forms of their spiritual existence. A sound mind cannot be without thought, and a person whose thinking has reached a certain stage cannot be unfamiliar with a bit of art. Those who can record their reflections on life in poetic language, perfectly unifying "thinking" and "poetry," are people with active minds, rich spirits, and abundant emotions—just like the author of this book, André Malraux. He uses poetic words to record his profound and great reflections on life, and as a thinker and artist, he explains the wisdom of life and the art of thinking through language.