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" This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments... "
Gandhi the Apostle: His Trial and His Message - Page 142
by Haridas Thakordas Muzumdar - 1923 - 198 pages
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Jahrbuch der Deutschen Shakespeare-Gesellschaft, Volumes 52-53

1916 - 628 pages
...river of death over the strife and labor of his pilgrimage, and say 'yet do I not repent me' . . . This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself äs a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap ; the being...
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Dental Record: A Monthly Journal of Dental Science Art and Literature, Volume 31

Dentistry - 1911 - 826 pages
...ana Dotes. " rius is the true joy of life, the being used for a purpose recognised by yourself •ia mighty one ; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the icrap heap ; the being a force of nature, instead of a feverish, selfish clod of ailments and grievances,...
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The Table Talk of John Selden

John Selden - Table-talk - 1892 - 634 pages
...and Superman, in which he defends what he calls the "artist-philosophers" against the "mere artist": "This is the true joy in life, the being used for...being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances...
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The Living Age, Volume 278

Literature - 1913 - 880 pages
...have come round at last to where Kipling began, to the law of the Group and the denial of Progress. This is the true joy In life, the being used for a...the being a force of nature, instead of a feverish, selfish clod of ailments and grievances. This Kipling knew at eighteen, taught by 'the best schoolmaster,...
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Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy

Bernard Shaw - English drama (Comedy) - 1903 - 300 pages
...sword to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it." This is the true joy in life, the being used for a...being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of It may seem a long step from Bunyan to Nietzsche; hut the difference...
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Bernard Shaw

Holbrook Jackson - 1907 - 254 pages
...itself and quick to respond to the deep purpose of life — "the being used for a purpose recognised by yourself as a mighty one ; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap ; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and...
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The Twentieth Century Magazine, Volume 1

Benjamin Orange Flower - Twentieth century - 1910 - 648 pages
...finds much dregs and mud in it." According to the Teutonic viewpoint : the real joy of life lies in "the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself...the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to...
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The Twentieth Century Magazine, Volume 1

Benjamin Orange Flower - Twentieth century - 1910 - 636 pages
...finds much dregs and mud in it." According to the Teutonic viewpoint: the real joy of life lies in "the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself...the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to...
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Bernard Shaw as Artist-philosopher: An Exposition of Shavianism

Renée M. Deacon - 1910 - 116 pages
...from Man and Superman, which enunciates the philosophic principle underlying all Shavian drama : " This is the true joy in life, the being used for a...being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and...
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George Bernard Shaw His Life and Works

Archibald Henderson - 1911 - 634 pages
...ninety-nine per cent, of me is just like everybody else."—Remark of Bernard Shaw to the author. " This is the true joy in life: the being used for a...the being a force of nature, instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to...
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