I just realized one of my favorite quotes corresponds closely to The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha: “This is what it is to be human: to see the essential existential futility of all action, all striving -- and to act, to strive. This is what it is to be human: to reach forever beyond your grasp. This is what it is to be human: to live forever or die trying. This is what it is to be human: to perpetually ask the unanswerable questions, in the hope that the asking of them will somehow hasten the day when they will be answered. This is what it is to be human: to strive in the face of the certainty of failure. This is what it is to be human: to persist.” ― Spider Robinson Man of La Mancha, for those who arent familiar, is a famous play based on Don Quixote, a classic story published in Spain in the 1500s. Lyrics by Joe Darion, retrieved from stlyrics/lyrics/bestofbroadway-americanmusical/theimpossibledream.htm In this song, Quixote explains his quest and the reasons behind it ... in doing so, he captures the essence of the play and its philosophical underpinnings. (For me, it is absolutely magical.) To dream ... the impossible dream ... To fight ... the unbeatable foe ... To bear ... with unbearable sorrow ... To run ... where the brave dare not go ... To right ... the unrightable wrong ... To love ... pure and chaste from afar ... To try ... when your arms are too weary ... To reach ... the unreachable star ... This is my quest, to follow that star ... No matter how hopeless, no matter how far ... To fight for the right, without question or pause ... To be willing to march into Hell, for a Heavenly cause ... And I know if Ill only be true, to this glorious quest, That my heart will lie will lie peaceful and calm, when Im laid to my rest ... And the world will be better for this: That one man, scorned and covered with scars, Still strove, with his last ounce of courage, To reach ... the unreachable star ... Link to youtube video of the song: Edited to add lyrics.
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 23:56:29 +0000
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