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how are you living What are you doing? What's your name? Why did you come to earth? Do you think that's the only way to walk through and review a life? I weigh you and find you easy. You weren't good enough. It came back raggedly and painfully: no - you - were - good enough. You were vain and cowardly in goodness. Yes, you have to make a program out of it, out of goodness, if you are already vain and cowardly about it, and if there is no other way. It's not that nothing is left behind, it's that it's bad. You will be neither good manure nor tiresome. The celebration could end at any minute. Now, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow. Start again, differently. Now, immediately, every minute is precious. Even if you're fifty years old, every minute is precious. What are you doing here? A world is buzzing around you, and your heart is empty.

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how are you living What are you doing? What's your name? Why did you come to earth? Do you think that's the only way to walk through and review a life? I weigh you and find you easy. You weren't good enough. It came back raggedly and painfully: no - you - were - good enough. You were vain and cowardly in goodness. Yes, you have to make a program out of it, out of goodness, if you are already vain and cowardly about it, and if there is no other way. It's not that nothing is left behind, it's that it's bad. You will be neither good manure nor tiresome. The celebration could end at any minute. Now, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow. Start again, differently. Now, immediately, every minute is precious. Even if you're fifty years old, every minute is precious. What are you doing here? A world is buzzing around you, and your heart is empty.

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Hungarian

"Hogy élsz? Mit csinálsz? Mi a neved? Miért jöttél a földre? Azt hiszed, csak úgy lehet átsétálni és átszemlélni egy életet? Megmérlek, és könnyűnek talállak. Nem voltál elég jó. Szakadozottan és fájdalmasan visszatért: nem - voltál - elég - jó. Hiú voltál és gyáva a jóságban. Igenis, programot kell csinálni belőle, a jóságból, ha már hiú és gyáva vagy hozzá, s ha nem megy másképp. Nem az a baj, hogy nem marad utánad semmi, hanem az, hogy rossz marad. Nem leszel se jó trágya, se fárosz. Minden percben vége lehet az ünnepélynek. Most, holnap, holnapután. Kezdd el újra, másképp. Most, azonnal, minden perc drága. Ha még ötven éved van, akkor is drága minden perc. Mit fekszel itt? Egy világ zúg körülötted, s neked üres a szíved."

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