Life is a word problem

Life is a Word Problem

Ok, so I’ve been student teaching for a few weeks now…

I love it.

Ok so now what.
Oh wait, that’s it.
That’s the goal.
I’m supposed to love what I’m going to do the rest of my life.
But there’s a problem. It’s kind of a first world problem too…

I love doing a lot of things.

Am I getting a teaching job after I graduate? No, probably not (Actually most assuredly not…but that will come later). It’s hard to think about delaying a long-time dream when you are so close to capturing it but if I have learned one thing in college, it’s that I love a lot of different things. There new things in my life that I couldn’t even dream of when I first started college. So, am I denying my dreams? Am I off point to do something else I love?

See, I told you it was a first world problem.

Ok, so it’s going to seem like I go on a massive tangent here, but stay with me as I bring it back to point.

I was teaching the other day (man I love being able to say that!) and as a class we were working through some word problems. I asked the students how many of them hate word problems. Every single student raised their hands. It wasn’t surprising…heck I used to hate word problems too (in fact, I still kind of do, please don’t tell my students) and I proceeded to tell the students, “You should love word problems!”
I asked the students a second question, “How many have asked your math teacher, ‘when are we ever going to use this in real life?’” Once again, ever single wide-eyed freshman raised their hands. Again, not a surprise.

So, I told them, “Life is a word problem.”

Ok, I confess. I didn’t realize say that, but you can’t deny that it would have been an absolutely perfect moment to say it! I did tell the students that word problems are classic examples of when they will use that information in their daily lives.
The point of telling you this story is that life really is a word problem.

This saying was on another math teacher’s wall and I was really inspired by it (in fact it inspired this whole post). Not only is this applicable to students everywhere when they whine to their teacher, “when am I ever going to us this?” but to everyone in general.

Life is a word problem.

Here’s how I handle word problems in step by step fashion (like any math teacher would show you):

When we read a word problem, we have to sort through the information and find out what
we know and what we don’t. This can be what is given or what we can infer, but when you apply it to life it means to learn about the world. Learn about other people, find out all you can so that you have all the information to solve your problem, to fix your situation, or to devise a plan.

The next step to solving a word problem is to sort through and pick out what’s important. Sometimes in word problems we are given extra information and we have to figure out what is essential for us to move forward. Life is the same, we have to figure out what’s important in order for us to move forward. Sometimesm we have to drop some extra baggage.

Now you should create a strategy or plan to solve the problem. We spend most of our life planning and making goals for ourselves. Sometimes you can even plan too much and miss the obvious solution.

The next step is to carry out the devised strategy or plan. This is where most people trip up when solving a word problem and where they trip up in life. In a word problem, it’s supposed to be fairly straight forward. You come up with an equation and solve, but sometimes you miss something that was supposed to be important or you screwed up an operation. You have an answer, but the answer is not what you thought it was. In life, you always make plans, but sometimes things happen unexpectedly or details fall through the cracks. It happens to all of us, and it happens to me frequently.

Finally, after you have an answer to the word problem you make sense of the answer you got. Does the answer make sense in the context of the problem? In life, does where you are at make sense from where you’ve been? If it doesn’t, then maybe a detail fell through the crack or you should devise a new strategy. Perhaps you just got off-track along the way and messed up in your “calculations” in that case you just go back and try to fix your mistake the best you can.

See? It’s amazing how applicable math is to real life.

So when I look at my own “Word Problem,” am I getting off track? Am I messing up a “calculation” somewhere? Do I need to devise a new strategy? Is teaching what I should be doing next irregardless?

I’m not sure, but then again I’m still working through my “word problem” and I’m not even close to an answer.

Вдохновляющие английские цитаты и фразы про смысл жизни. Сделайте свою жизнь по-настоящему значимой и счастливой!

Live in the now! — Живи настоящим!

Life is a Journey, not a Destination. — Жизнь — это путешествие, а не пункт назначения.

The meaning of life is to give life meaning. — Смысл жизни в том, чтобы дать жизни смысл.

Lessons in life will be repeated until they are learned. — Жизненные уроки будут повторяться до тех пор, пока они не будут усвоены.

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. — Будь счастлив в этот момент (сейчас). Этот момент и есть твоя жизнь.

Fill your life with experiences, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show. — Наполните свою жизнь опытом, а не вещами. Рассказывайте истории, а не хвастайтесь вещами.

You live only once. — Ты живёшь только раз.

Life is short. Do stuff that matters. — Жизнь коротка. Делай то, что имеет значение.

Try to find your happiness. Every day. In little things. — Попробуйте найти свое счастье. Каждый день. В мелочах.

You are either the creator or the destroyer of your life experience. — Ты или создатель, или разрушитель своего жизненного опыта.

Life is a series of choices. — Жизнь — это череда выборов.

Collect moments, not things. — Цени моменты, а не вещи.

Sometimes things that hurt you most, teach you the greatest lessons in life. — Иногда вещи, которые причиняют вам самую большую боль, учат вас самым большим урокам в жизни.

What good are wings without the courage to fly? — Что хорошего в крыльях без смелости летать?

Nothing stays forever because the only constant is change. — Ничто не остается навсегда, потому что единственная константа (постоянная) — это изменение.

Live your life with arms wide open. — Живи свою жизнь с широко открытыми руками.

You cannot save people, you can only love them. — Вы не можете спасти людей, вы можете только любить их.

Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life. — Страх не спасает нас от смерти. Но он не даёт жить полной жизнью.

Everyone underwent something that changed him… — Каждый пережил что-то, что изменило его …

Those seek for the meaning of life who found no happiness in it… — Те ищут смысл жизни, кто не находят в ней счастья …

Красивые цитаты на английском

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• Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. Жизнь не в том, чтобы найти себя. Жизнь – это формирование себя самого. George Bernard Shaw. 
• The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters. Самое главное – наслаждаться жизнью. Быть счастливым – это все, что имеет значение. Audrey Hepburn
• I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. Я обнаружил, что если ты любишь жизнь, жизнь будет любить тебя в ответ. Arthur Rubinstein
• Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Жизнь действительно проста, но мы изо всех сил стараемся ее усложнить. Confucius
• In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. В конце концов, не годы в вашей жизни имеют значение, а жизнь в этих годах. Abraham Lincoln
• Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing. Жизнь по своей природе рискованна. Существует только один большой риск, который вы должны избегать любой ценой, и это риск ничего не делать. Denis Waitley
• We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize we only have one. У всех нас есть две жизни. Вторая жизнь начинается, когда мы понимаем, что у нас есть только одна. Tom Hiddleston
• You get in life what you have the courage to ask for. Вы получаете в жизни то, что имеете мужество просить. Oprah Winfrey
• People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone’s reasons in the same box. У людей разные причины того, зачем они живут. Вы не можете поместить все причины в одну и ту же коробку. Kevin Spacey
• To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. Жить – самая редкая вещь в мире. Большинство людей всего лишь существуют. Oscar Wilde
• Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. Жизнь – это то, что происходит с вами, пока вы заняты составлением других планов. Allen Saunders
• Life is a progress, and not a station. Жизнь – это процесс, а не остановка. Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. Жизнь – это 10% того, что с нами происходит, и 90% того, как мы реагируем на это. Dennis P. Kimbro
• Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Многие жизненные неудачи испытывают люди, которые не осознавали, насколько близки они были к успеху, когда сдались. Thomas Edison
• Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. Стремитесь быть не успешным, а ценным. Albert Einstein
• Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Ваше время ограничено, поэтому не тратьте его впустую, проживая чужую жизнь. Steve Jobs
• The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. Два самых важных дня в вашей жизни – это день вашего рождения и день, когда вы узнаете, зачем. Mark Twain
• Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Жизнь можно понять только глядя назад; но жить нужно, глядя вперед. Soren Kierkegaard
• It always seems impossible until it’s done. Что-то кажется невозможным, пока вы это не сделаете. Nelson Mandela
• Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground. Смотрите на звезды и стойте на земле. Theodore Roosevelt
• Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. Любой, кто живет по средствам, страдает от недостатка воображения. Oscar Wilde
• The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Путешествие в тысячу миль начинается с первого шага. Lao Tzu
• In the middle of a difficulty lies opportunity. В середине трудности лежит возможность. Albert Einstein
• I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Я снова и снова терпел неудачи в своей жизни. И именно поэтому я преуспел. Michael Jordan
• A fear-oriented man is always calculating, planning, arranging, safeguarding. His whole life is lost in this way. Человек, ориентированный на страх, всегда рассчитывает, планирует, договаривается, осторожничает. Вся его жизнь тратится таким образом. Osho

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Как помогают статусы в изучении английского языка?

Позитивные цитаты и высказывания особенно полезно читать по утрам, чтобы настраивать, таким образом, свой день на хороший лад. А знание и запоминание статусов на английском языке позволяет чувствовать себя человеку героем вдвойне.

Для тех, кто занимается самостоятельным изучением английского с нуля, и тех, кто желает закрепить или совершенствовать уже имеющиеся знания, статусы являются не просто способом заявить о себе. Цитаты и различные изречения это, как правило, короткие и легкие предложения

При чтении и заучивании статусов важно обращать внимание на то, как грамматически сформировано предложение: какое время использовано, какова структура вопросительного предложения и т. д

Все статусы можно разделить на несколько категорий, согласно тематике: красивые статусы, статусы про любовь, про жизнь, прикольные статусы и др. Ниже представлена подборка самых популярных, трогательных и остроумных статусов.

Цитаты на английском из книг и фольклора

Литература — основной источник цитат на английском. Причем, вспоминая красивые английские цитаты, обращаются обычно к Шекспиру, как будто кроме Шекспира никто не оставил после себя цитаты со смыслом, который хочется запомнить и обдумать.

На самом деле, конечно, множество английских, американских и вообще англоговорящих писателей создали удивительные тексты. Более того: великие цитаты есть в переписке известных личностей, эпосе (легендах) и других источниках, традиционно относящихся к литературе.

Мы собрали вместе некоторые цитаты на английском с переводом, которыми хочется поделиться.

• To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that’s all. (Oscar Wilde). Жить — редчайшее в мире явление. Большинство людей просто существуют. (Оскар Уайльд).
• All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust. (James Matthew Barrie). Весь мир сделан из веры, доверия и пыльцы фей. (Джеймс Мэтью Барри).
• When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process. (Stefan Zweig). Готовясь к войне, деспотичные правители все чаще говорят о мире; так продолжается, пока не закончится процесс мобилизации. (Стефан Цвейг).
• Now I have done what I can, he thought. Let him begin to circle and let the fight come. (Ernest Hemingway). “Теперь я сделал все, что мог,” подумал он. Это и было началом борьбы. Эрнест Хэмингуей.

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Цитаты на английском языке с переводом сплошь и рядом наводняют социальные сети. Их часто используют в качестве статусов, развлекательного контента и др. Если вы так же хотите блеснуть знанием английского языка, а именно крылатых выражений и красивых высказываний великих людей, используйте нашу подборку красивых цитат на английском с переводом ниже.

Для вашего удобства все фразы разделены по тематическим группам. Читайте еще: Цитаты из книг.

Цитаты на английском про успех и мотивацию

Success is the child of audacity. Benjamin Disraeli — Успех— дитя смелости. Бенджамин Дизраэли

Success is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas Edison— Успех — это один процент вдохновения и девяносто девять процентов пота. Томас Эдисон

Calamities are of two kinds. Misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. —  Бедствия бывают двух сортов: неудачи, которые терпим мы и удачи, которые сопутствуют другим.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. Winston Churchill— Успех — это умение двигаться от неудачи к неудаче, не теряя энтузиазма. Уинстон Черчилль

Destroy what destroys you. —Уничтожь, то что уничтожает тебя.

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. Farrah Gray — Воплощайте собственные мечты, или кто-то другой наймёт вас, чтобы воплощать свои. Фарра Грей

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. Confucius — Воля к победе, желание добиться успеха, стремление полностью раскрыть свои возможности… вот те ключи, которые откроют дверь к личному совершенству. Конфуций

Success is not in what you have, but who you are. — Успех не в том, что имеешь, а в том, что ты из себя представляешь.

Fall seven times and stand up eight. — Упади семь раз, поднимись восемь (Японская пословица).

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. Helen Keller — К достойной цели нет коротких путей. Хелен Келлер

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. Herman Cain — Успех — не ключ к счастью. Это счастье — ключ к успеху. Герман Кейн

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. Stephen Covey — Я не продукт моих обстоятельств. Я продукт моих решений. Стивен Кови

Failure does not mean I have disgraced; It does mean I have dared to try. — Неудача не означает, что я опозорен; Она означает, я имел смелость рискнуть

Цитаты на английском про жизнь

Your life is not a problem to be solved but a gift to be opened. — Твоя жизнь – это не проблема, которую нужно решить, а подарок, который нужно раскрыть.

Everyone is the creator of one’s own fate. — Каждый сам творец своей судьбы. «

Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt— Помните: никто не может заставить вас почувствовать себя униженным без вашего согласия. Элеонора Рузвельт.

It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln — Имеет значение не количество прожитых лет, а качество вашей жизни в эти годы. Авраам Линкольн

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. Mae West— Мы живём один раз, но если правильно распорядиться жизнью, то и одного раза достаточно. Мэй Уэст

We do not remember days, we remember moments. — Мы не помни дни, мы помним моменты.

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion. Abraham Lincoln — Когда я делаю добро, я чувствую себя хорошо. Когда я поступаю плохо, я чувствую себя плохо. Вот моя религия.Авраам Линкольн

Everyone has one’s own path — У каждого своя дорога.

Don’t let your mind kill your heart and soul. — Не позволяй своему разуму убить твое сердце и душу.

Do not squander time – this is stuff life is made of. — Не тратьте время зря – из него состоит жизнь.

World belongs to the patient.. — Мир принадлежит терпеливым..

Everyone sees the world in one’s own way — Каждый человек видит мир по-своему.

Everyone is the creator of one’s own fate — Каждый сам творец своей судьбы.

Nobody’s perfect, but me. Никто не совершенен кроме меня.

Never look back — Никогда не оглядываюсь назад.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Charles Darwin — Выживает не самый сильный и не самый умный, а тот, кто лучше всех приспосабливается к изменениям. Чарльз Дарвин

Be careful with your thoughts – they are the beginning of deeds. — Будьте внимательны к своим мыслям — они начало поступков

Цитаты на английском про природу

Stretching his hand out to catch the stars, he forgets the flowers at his feet. — Вытягивая руку, чтобы поймать звёзды, он забывает о цветах у себя под ногами.

Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart — Пускай на дворе зима, но в сердце моем вечная весна.

An optimist is the human personification of spring. — Оптимизм – это человеческое олицетворение весны.

Spring time is nature at its best. — Весна – это природа в самом лучшем ее проявлении.

Life’s not about waiting for the storm to pass… it’s about learning to dance in the rain. — Жизнь – это не ожидание того, пока пройдет буря…Это умение танцевать прямо под дождем.

All art is an imitation of nature. — Все искусство – это подражание природе.

Spring breathes new life into the world around us. — Весна вдыхает новую жизнь в мир, окружающий нас.

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. — Ни одна зима не длится вечно, ведь ни одна весна не упустит своей очереди.

After rain comes fair weather. — После дождя приходит отличная погода.

Wisdom comes with winters. — Мудрость приходит с началом зимы.

Мудрые изречения о жизни

Во все времена люди пытались постичь себя, общество, цель существования этого мира. Но подметить важные вещи в череде серых будней сможет только выдающийся мыслитель. В данном разделе мы приведем мудрые высказывания об устройстве мира, которые оставили после себя великие философы, ученые, писатели и другие знаменитые деятели различных исторических эпох, а также неизвестные авторы.

Эти мотивационные и умные фразы о жизни смогут вас ободрить и сподвигнуть на открытие чего-то нового в своей жизни. Кто-то посчитает, что подобные изречения слишком пафосные, а кому-то посчастливится найти здесь величайшее высказывание, ставшее девизом всей жизни.

В любом случае, мы приводим эти фразы на английском с переводом, и надеемся, что они никого не оставят равнодушным.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. — Стремление побеждать, жажда успеха, желание полностью раскрыть свой потенциал – это те ключи, которые открывают дверь к личному самосовершенствованию.

Followyour  — Следуй за своим сердцем.

The mind is everything. What you think you become. — Ум – это всё. О чем ты думаешь, тем ты и становишься.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. — Ребенка, пугающегося темноты можно легко простить, но взрослые люди, скрывающиеся от света, – это настоящая драма жизни.

If you let your past go, it doesn’t mean that your past will let you go. — Если ты отрекся от своего прошлого, это еще не значит, что твое прошлое отреклось от тебя.

When you start thinking a lot about your past, it becomes your present and you can’t see your future without it. — Когда ты начинаешь думать о прошлом, оно превращается в твое настоящее, за которым не видно будущего.

Wisdom is knowing how little we know. — Мудрость – это понимание того, насколько мало мы знаем.

Everyone underwent something that changed him. — Каждый прошел через что-то такое, что изменило его.

We do not remember days, we remember moments. — Мы помним не дни, мы помним моменты.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that’s all. — Настоящая жизнь – редчайшая вещь в мире. Большинство людей всего лишь существуют.

He, who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man. — Тот, кто пробуждает в себе зверя, больше не чувствует, как это больно – быть человеком.

Everyone has one’s own path. — У каждого свой собственный путь.

Trying about happiness others, we find own happiness. — Стараясь осчастливить других, мы находим собственное счастье.

When in doubt, tell the truth. — Когда сомневаешься – говори правду.

When life gives you lemons, drink tequila! — Когда жизнь подает тебе лимоны – пей текилу!

Everyone is the creator of one’s own fate — Каждый из нас – творец своей собственной судьбы.

Фразы про любовь и отношения

Все, наверное, замечали гламурные и модные фразочки о любви на страницах популярных социальных сетей? Согласитесь, от них часто веет фальшью и неискренностью. Прочувствовать настоящее переживание и выразить его в короткой фразе – редкая удача, которая сопутствует далеко не каждому.

Мы отобрали наиболее искренние и лучшие фразы о любви на английском языке с переводом, способные отогреть холодные сердца и разбудить в них самое светлое чувство.

We hate the ones we love because they can cause the deepest suffering. — Мы ненавидим тех, кого любит потому, что они могут причинить нам самые тяжелые страдания.

All we need is love. — Всё, что нам необходимо – это любовь.

Цитаты про жизнь на английском

When life gives you lemons, drink tequila!

Variety’s the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavour.
Разнообразие — та самая приправа к жизни, которая придает ей весь аромат. Уильям Каупер 9

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.
Красота — это сила, и улыбка — ее меч. 11

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
Тот, кто не может изменить свои мысли, не может изменить ничего. Бернард Шоу 23

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.
Одно слово освобождает нас от всех тяжестей и болей жизни: это слово — любовь. 2

Lost time is never found again.
Потерянное время не вернешь. 17

Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Наша жизнь это то, что мы думаем о ней. 11

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
Два самых важных дня в вашей жизни: день, когда вы родились, и день, когда поняли зачем. Марк Твен 16

In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
В мире, который очень быстро меняется, стратегия без риска гарантирует провал. Марк Цукерберг 12

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
В центре трудности лежит возможность. Альберт Эйнштейн 9

Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.
Жизнь была бы трагичной, если бы не была такой забавной. Стивен Хокинг 16

A day without laughter is a day wasted.
День без смеха – это напрасно прожитый день. Чарли Чаплин 19

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Мы живём один раз, но если правильно распорядиться жизнью, то и одного раза достаточно. Мэй Уэст 3

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
Глупец ищет счастье вдали, умный выращивает его рядом. 9

Success doesn’t come to you… you go to it.
Успех сам не приходит к Вам… Вы идете к нему. 3

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Красота – в глазах смотрящего. Оскар Уайльд 13

We do not remember days, we remember moments.
Мы не помни дни, мы помним моменты 18

Never look back.
Никогда не оглядываюсь назад. 11

There is no such thing as an accident. What we call by that name is the effect of some cause which we do not see.
Случайностей не существует. То, что мы ими называем — следствие некой причины, недоступной нашему взору. Вольтер 11

Happiness lies in good health and a bad memory.
Счастье — это хорошее здоровье и плохая память. Ингрид Бергман 11

Only my dream keeps me alive.
Меня греет только моя мечта. 9

You and I — belong.
Ты и я — одно. 9

Everyone is the creator of one’s own fate.
Каждый сам творец своей судьбы. 8

Everyone has one’s own path.
У каждого своя дорога. 10

If you wish to be loved, love!
Если хочешь быть любимым – люби! 8

Where there is love there is life.
Там, где любовь – там жизнь. Махатма Ганди 6

The best thing in our life is love.
Лучшее в жизни — это любовь. 11

While I’m breathing — I love and believe.
Пока дышу — люблю и верю. 7

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.
Каждый имеет право на собственное мнение, но не на свои собственные факты. 11

You can’t make your heart feel something it won’t.
Ты не можешь заставить свое сердце чувствовать то, что оно не чувствует. 9

Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing.
Улыбайтесь, ведь жизнь — прекрасна. М. Монро 13

Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
Счастье — это не цель, а образ жизни. 6

I can resist anything except temptation.
Я могу устоять перед чем угодно, кроме соблазна. 8

Цитаты на английском языке с переводом

Категория: Учебник, АнглийскийЕще: Английские пословицы и поговорки на букву «A»

Английский язык — важнейший международный язык, что является следствием колониальной политики Британской империи в XIX веке и влияния США в XX—XXI веках.

Цитаты про любовь“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”

«То, о чем Вы мечтаете в одиночестве — лишь мечты. То, о чем Вы мечтаете вместе — реальность»,— Джон Леннон

“Better to have lost and loved than never to have loved at all.”

“Лучше любить и потерять, чем не любить вовсе”,— Эрнест Хемингуэй

“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.”

“ Любовь — это непреодолимое желание быть непреодолимо желаемым”,— Роберт Фрост

“One love, one heart, one destiny.”

“Одна любовь, одно сердце, одна судьба”,— Боб Марли

“Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.”

“Другие мужчины говорят, что видели ангелов, но я видел тебя – и мне достаточно”,— Джордж Мур

“People should fall in love with their eyes closed.”

“Люди должны влюбляться с закрытыми глазами”,— Энди Уорхолл

“The heart wants what it wants. There’s no logic to these things. You meet someone and you fall in love and that’s that.”

«Сердце хочет то, что хочет. В этом нет никакой логики. Вы встречаете кого-то, вы влюбляетесь — и это все»,— Вуди Аллен

“To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.”

“Любить и победить — лучшее в жизни. Любить и проиграть — следующее за этим”,— Уильям Теккерей

“To love is not to look at one another, but to look together in the same direction.”

“Любовь – это не смотреть друг на друга, а смотреть вместе в одном направлении”,— Антуан де Сент-Экзюпери

“True love stories never have endings.”

“У настоящих историй любви нет финалов”,— Ричард Бах

“We loved with a love that was more than love.”

“Мы любили любовью, что была чем-то большим любви”,— Эдгар Аллан По

Короткие английские фразыA day without laughter is a day wasted — День без смеха – это напрасно прожитый день.Be loyal to the one who is loyal to you — Будь верен тому, кто верен тебе.Books and friends should be few but good — Книг и друзей должно быть мало, но хороших.Every solution breeds new problems — Каждое решение порождает новые проблемы.

Everyone is the creator of one’s own fate — Каждый сам творец своей судьбы.Everyone sees the world in one’s own way — Каждый человек видит мир по своему.Follow your heart – Следовать за своим сердцем.Friendship isn’t a big thing – it’s a million little things — Дружба это не что-то одно большое – это множество мелочей.

I can resist anything except temptation – Я могу устоять перед чем угодно, кроме соблазна.Life is beautiful — Жизнь прекрасна.Live without regrets — Живи без сожалений.Love is never wrong — Любовь никогда не ошибается.Never look back — Никогда не оглядываюсь назад.Nobody’s perfect, but me — Никто не совершенен кроме меня.

My guardian is always with me — Мой хранитель всегда со мной.My life – my rules — Моя жизнь — мои правила.One lifelong love — Одна любовь на всю жизнь. Respect the past, create the future! — Уважай прошлое, создавай будущее! – Tears are the silent language — Слезы – это немая речь.The best thing in our life is love — Лучшее в нашей жизни — это любовь.

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction — Истина более странная, чем вымысел.Tolerance is more powerful than force — У терпения больше власти, чем у силы.When you want it, it goes away too fast — Желанные моменты пролетают мгновенно.While I’m breathing – I love and believe — Пока дышу – люблю и верю.You and I – belong — Ты и я – одно.

Цитаты про жизнь“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”

“Весь мир сделан из веры, доверия и пыльцы фей”,— Джеймс Мэтью Барри “Питер Пэн»”

“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.”

“Быть до конца честным с самим собой — непростая задача.”,— Фрейд, Зигмунд

“Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.”

“Каждый английский поэт должен овладеть правилами грамматики, прежде чем пытаться изменить или нарушить их.”,— Роберт Грейвс

“Everything you can imagine is real.”

“Все, что вы можете представить – реально.”,— Пабло Пикассо

“Nothing, everything, anything, something: if you have nothing, then you have everything, because you have the freedom to do anything, without the fear of losing something.”

“Ничего, все, что угодно, что-то: если у тебя ничего нет, значит – у тебя есть все, потому что ты имеешь свободу делать что угодно, без страха потерять что-то.”,— Джарод Кинц

“Success doesn’t come to you… you go to it.”

“Успех сам не приходит, если вы не идете к нему”,— Марва Коллинз

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle”

“Есть только два способа прожить свою жизнь. Первый – это полагать, что ничего не чудо. Второй – полагать, что все – это чудо”,— Альберт Эйнштейн

“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”

“Кто не может изменить свои воззрения, не может изменить ничего.”,— Бернард Шоу

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Английские афоризмы – что означает это словосочетание. Рассмотрим это на простом примере. Мы часто используем слово любовь, не придавая ему конкретного значения. Мужчина и женщина нередко испытывают различные чувства друг к другу.

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Красивые цитаты про любовь

О люб­ви скла­ды­ва­ют леген­ды, пишут сти­хи, поют пес­ни. Неко­то­рые стро­ки ста­но­вят­ся настоль­ко попу­ляр­ны­ми, что пере­во­дят­ся на мно­гие язы­ки. В этом мате­ри­а­ле пред­став­ле­ны кра­си­вые цита­ты на англий­ском про любовь. Какие-то из них вы узна­е­те, а какие-то для вас ста­нут открытием.

• “A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.” — «То, о чем Вы меч­та­е­те в оди­но­че­стве — лишь меч­ты. То, о чем Вы меч­та­е­те вме­сте — реаль­ность». (Джон Леннон)
• “The heart wants what it wants. There’s no logic to these things. You meet someone and you fall in love and that’s that.” — «Серд­це хочет то, что хочет. В этом нет ника­кой логи­ки. Вы встре­ча­е­те кого-то, вы влюб­ля­е­тесь — и это все». (Вуди Аллен)
• “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” — «Любовь — это непре­одо­ли­мое жела­ние быть непре­одо­ли­мо жела­е­мым». (Роберт Фрост)
• “Better to have lost and loved than never to have loved at all.” — «Луч­ше любить и поте­рять, чем не любить вовсе». (Эрнест Хемингуэй)
• “Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.” — «Дру­гие муж­чи­ны гово­рят, что виде­ли анге­лов, но я видел тебя – и мне доста­точ­но». (Джордж Мур)
• “To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.” — «Любить и побе­дить — луч­шее в жиз­ни. Любить и про­иг­рать — сле­ду­ю­щее за этим». (Уильям Теккерей)
• “People should fall in love with their eyes closed.” — «Люди долж­ны влюб­лять­ся с закры­ты­ми гла­за­ми» (Энди Уорхолл)
• “True love stories never have endings.” — «У насто­я­щих исто­рий люб­ви нет фина­лов». (Ричард Бах)
• “We loved with a love that was more than love.” — «Мы люби­ли любо­вью, что была чем-то боль­шим люб­ви». (Эдгар Аллан По)
• “One love, one heart, one destiny.” — «Одна любовь, одно серд­це, одна судь­ба». (Боб Марли)
• To love is not to look at one another, but to look together in the same direction. – Любовь – это не смот­реть друг на дру­га, а смот­реть вме­сте в одном направ­ле­нии. (Анту­ан де Сент-Экзюпери)
• Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. – Любовь – это непре­одо­ли­мое жела­ние быть непре­одо­ли­мо жела­е­мым. (Роберт Фрост)

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Красивые фразы из книг на английском с переводом

Самые глубокие и сильные мысли, как правило, приходят к нам из книг. Многим знакомы следующие выражения:

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• But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart – Но глаза слепы. Вы должны видеть сердцем. «Маленький принц», Антуан Сент-Экзюпери
• You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed – Ты навсегда в ответе за всех, кого приручил. «Маленький принц», Антуан Сент-Экзюпери
• The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time – Сперва приключения, объяснения занимают так много времени. «Алиса в Стране чудес», Льюис Керолл
• Who cares for you? You’re nothing but a pack of cards! – Кому какое дело до вас? Вы не более, чем колода карт! «Алиса в Стране чудес», Льюис Керолл
• Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality – Воображение является единственным оружием в войне против реальности. «Алиса в Стране чудес», Льюис Керолл
• All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust. – Весь мир сделан из веры, доверия и пыльцы фей. «Питер Пэн» Джеймс Мэтью Барри.

Немного тренировки, и вы научитесь легко читать на английском языке без перевода, а пока запомните эти знаменитые фразы.

Красивые подписи

1. Life is the biggest party you’ll ever be at – Жизнь-это самая большая вечеринка, на которой ты когда-либо будешь
2. An apple a day will keep anyone away if you throw it hard enough – Яблоко в день отпугнет любого, если бросить его достаточно сильно
3. Give second chances but not for the same mistake – Дайте второй шанс, но не за ту же ошибку
4. Never sacrifice three things: family, love, and or yourself – Никогда не жертвуйте тремя вещами: семьей, любовью и собой
5. I’m an original and that’s perfection in itself – Я оригинал и это само совершенство
6. You can’t dull my sparkle ✨ – Ты не можешь притупить мой блеск ✨
7. Be the person you needed when you were young – Будьте тем человеком, который был вам нужен, когда вы были молоды
8. Life is about taking chances and having fun – Жизнь состоит в том, чтобы рисковать и получать удовольствие
9. I’m thankful for the struggles that made me the person I am today – Я благодарен за борьбу, которая сделала меня тем человеком, которым я являюсь сегодня
10. Tears come straight from the heart – Слезы идут прямо из сердца

Английские цитаты со смыслом с переводом короткие

A day without laughter is a day wasted. – День без смеха – это напрасно прожитый день.

When you want it, it goes away too fast. — Желанные моменты пролетают мгновенно.

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Don’t let your mind kill your heart and soul. — Не позволяй своему разуму убить твое сердце и душу.

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• It’s better to have ideals and dreams than nothing Лучше иметь мечты и идеалы, чем ничего
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Популярны и высказывания о самом процессе размышления, о воспоминаниях и мечтах.

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Memories take us back, dreams take us forward. Воспоминания тянут нас назад, мечты заставляют двигаться вперед.

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• Be careful with your thoughts. they are the beginning of deeds Будь осторожен со своими мыслями, ведь они начало поступков.

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Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth Жизнь коротка. Улыбайтесь, пока у вас еще есть зубы.

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The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams. Будущее принадлежит тем, кто верит в свои мечты.

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И конечно, самые красивые фразы рождаются благодаря самому красивому чувству на свете любви.

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• The best thing in our life is love. Лучшее, что есть в нашей жизни это любовь.

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For the world you may be just one person, but for one person you may be the whole world. Для мира ты можешь быть просто кем-то, но для кого-то ты целый мир.

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4. Have no fear of perfection; you’ll never reach it Не бойтесь совершенства; Вам его никогда не достичь (Сальвадор Дали)
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Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny Жизнь была бы трагичной, если бы не была такой забавной (Стивен Хокинг)

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I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions Я не продукт моих обстоятельств. Я продукт моих решений (Стивен Кови)

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• Love the life you live, and live the life you love Люби жизнь, которой живешь и живи жизнью, которую любишь (Боб Марли)

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• Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today Мечтай так, будто будешь жить вечно, живи так, будто сегодня умрешь (Джеймс Дин)
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• Music can change the world because it can change people Музыка может изменить мир, потому что может менять людей (Боно)

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Be careful with your thoughts. they are the beginning of deeds. Будь осторожен со своими мыслями. Они начало поступков. 10

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Live each day as if it’s your last. Живи каждый день так, будто он последний. 9

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• The best thing in our life is love. Лучшее, что есть в нашей жизни это любовь. 9

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Memories take us back, dreams take us forward. Воспоминания тянут нас назад, мечты заставляют двигаться вперед. 9

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Beauty is power; a smile is its sword. Красота это сила, а улыбка ее меч. 9

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Don’t let your mind kill your heart and soul. Не позволяй своему разуму убить твое сердце и душу. 9

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When you want it, it goes away too fast. Самые приятные моменты пролетают мгновенно. 9

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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind. — Счастливая жизнь состоит из спокойствия духа. Цицерон

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. — Человек не может быть доволен жизнью, если он не доволен собой. Марк Твен

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are. — Возраст таков, каким ты его видишь. Тебе столько лет, сколько ты считаешь. Мухаммед Али

All would live long, but none would be old. — Все хотят жить долго, но никто не хочет быть старым. Бенджамин Франклин

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything. — Довольствуйся своей судьбой; нельзя быть первым во всем. Эзоп

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. — Лучшая награда в нашей жизни — это возможность заниматься делом, которое того стоит. Теодор Рузвельт

I love writing, it’s the center of my life. If you don’t love what you do, you’d better find something else to love. Otherwise, you don’t have a reason for living. — Я люблю писать, это смысл моей жизни. Если вы не любите то, что делаете, лучше найдите себе другое занятие. Иначе, не будет смысла жизни. Рэй Брэдбери

In order to write about life first you must live it. — Для того, чтобы написать о жизни, нужно сначала ее прожить. Эрнест Хемингуэй

Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about. — Улыбайся, потому что жизнь прекрасная штука, и есть много причин для улыбки. Мэрилин Монро

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone. — Жизнь была бы прекрасна, если бы люди оставили вас в покое. Чарли Чаплин

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about. — Жизнь — слишком серьезная штука, чтобы говорить о ней всерьез. Оскар Уайльд

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering — and it’s all over much too soon. — Жизнь полна несчастий, одиночества и страданий – и она слишком быстро заканчивается. Вуди Аллен

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. — Жизнь — это то, что происходит с тобой, пока ты оживлённо строишь другие планы. Джон Леннон

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage. — В жизни важно уметь воспользоваться случаем, но еще важнее знать, когда случаем не надо пользоваться.  Бенджамин Дизраэли

One doesn’t recognize the really important moments in one’s life until it’s too late. — Мы слишком поздно распознаем, что является самым главным в нашей жизни. Агата Кристи

Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life. — Только тот понял жизнь, кто видел свет и тьму, войну и мир, победы и падения. Стефан Цвейг

Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly. — Наша продолжительность жизни коротка, но достаточно долгая для того, чтобы жить хорошо и честно. Цицерон

Nobody lives forever, but we all shine on. — Никто не живет вечно, но все к этому стремятся. Стивен Кинг

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. — Мы зарабатываем на жизнь тем, что у нас есть; но мы создаем жизнь тем, что отдаем. Уинстон Черчиль

What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning. — Зачем вам нужен смысл? Жизнь — это только желание, и никакого смысла. Чарли Чаплин

While there’s life, there’s hope. — Пока есть жизнь, есть и надежда. Цицерон

Wish not so much to live long as to live well. — Не желай прожить долгую жизнь — желай прожить жить прекрасно. Бенджамин Франклин

You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred. — Вы можете прожить 100 лет, если вы откажитесь от того, ради чего люди и хотят жить 100 лет. Вуди Аллен

In this article considered a calm and a peaceful attitude to a life, a death and an immortality, a pursuit to an enlightenment and a deliverance from evil. The life and the death are the eternal themes that exist in spiritual culture of the humanity. Prophets and founders of religions, philosophers and moralists, art and literature figures, pedagogues and medical worker think about these problems. People try to understand the mystery existence of human and to solve such eternal issues as «What is the life? How can we prolong our lives? What is the death? What will happen after death? Can the human avoid the death and achieve the immortality? What is the reigning power in our world: the life or the death?» The death and the potential immortality are the most interesting problems that attract the philosophers, because our everyday life needs to be connected with an immortal life. The human has to think about the death and these thoughts distinguish him from animal, what is mortal but it doesn’t realize it.

The words life and death completely depend on each other it`s not understandable to fathom them separately. As you simply understand, what is a life with death, it`s also important to know what`s the death without life. As every thing has their opposits, for instance night and day, white and black, so existence of death, makes us understand the meaning of life. Allah said: «Oh, people! He created death and life to experience who is better in their good deed». (Surah, Mulik, 2-ayat). Looking over, we understand that death and life are existed as exams, so there is no meaning of life without death.

One of the important issues of life and death is the meaning of life. Even a person lives forever or not, there are significant questions to ponder as «What is the meaning of life, for what I lived and I am living, how to live, are there any purposes of life». Thinking all about them, there can appear more difficult questions as «what`s the meaning of purposes of life, is there a purpose of the meaning, and purposes of content`s purpose» [1; 56].

Life and death — two eternal themes of spiritual culture of mankind. They speculated about the prophets and founders of religions, philosophers and moralists, the arts and literature, teachers and doctors. There is hardly an adult who sooner or later would have to think about the meaning of their existence, the upcoming death and achieving immortality. Only early childhood or senility relieve man from the necessity to solve these problems. People are trying to comprehend the mystery of human existence, to solve the eternal questions: What is life? How to prolong your life? What is death? What happens after death? whether the person is able to prevent death and become immortal? What prevails in our world — life or death? Death and potential immortality — the most powerful lure for philosophizing mind, since all our life business should, anyway, be commensurate with the eternal. Man is doomed to think about death, and in this it differs from the animal, which is mortal, but does not know about it. However, the animals feel the approach of death, dying their behavior often resembles the agonizing search of solitude and peace. Perhaps the death of all — the price paid for the complexity of the biological system. Unicellular virtually immortal. When the body becomes multicellular, it would be a self-destruct mechanism is built at a certain stage of development associated with the genome. For centuries the best minds are trying to at least theoretically refute this thesis, to prove and then to realize the real immortality. However, this ideal of immortality is not the existence of a single-celled organism and not an angelic life in a better world. From this perspective, a person must live forever, while in constant prime. «Stop a moment», — this is the motto of this immortality, the momentum of which is, according to Ortega y Gasset «biological vitality», «life force», akin to the one «that stirs the sea, fertilizes the beast, covered with flowers tree, lights and extinguishes the stars». A person can not accept the fact that it was he would have to leave this magnificent world where full of life. But, thinking about it, you start to understand that death is, perhaps, the only thing to what everyone is equal, that erases the inequality, which is based on earthly life .. In this case, does not really matter who «manages» the world — God, Spirit, Cosmic Mind, is an objective reality, the laws of nature. It is important that a person should only recognize this order and found in its depths, in its clearance for the device «relative autonomy», in which he will see the meaning of their existence. Eternity of life, death, immortality. Interest in the problem of death is due to several reasons. First, is the situation of the civilized global crisis, which in principle can lead to selfdestruction of humanity. Secondly, much has changed value attitude to life and death of a man in connection with the general situation in the world. In fact, we are talking about the triad: life – death – immortality, because all spiritual systems of mankind proceeded from the idea of a contradictory unity of these phenomena. There are two fundamentally different ways of explaining the eternal questions of life, death and immortality. The first approach can be described as the objectivist. It is associated with the names of such philosophers as Spinoza, Holbach, Hegel, Lafargue, a dogma of Judaism, Christianity and Islam and, in part, with natural science units. It is based on the original idea of the unshakeable world order in which all events are ordained in advance the social and personal life, «painted» all stages of the history of the world [2; 28].

Since ancient times, man set himself the question, what is the essence of human existence. Many philosophers and thinkers have tried to answer for what a person lives, for which he came into this world, why did he die and what happens to them after death. Orientation Greek thinkers on man and his mind is closely related to the fundamental installation of the entire Greek culture — with a call to self-knowledge. The dictum «Know yourself», carved on a column at the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, was one of the leading ideas in the turning points of history. For Socrates, the meaning of human life lies in philosophizing, in constant self-knowledge, the eternal search for itself by testing. Overcoming behavior involves finding what is good and evil, beautiful and ugly, truth and error. According to Plato, happiness (bliss) is possible only in the next world, when the immortal soul — the essence of the ideal in man — freed from the shackles of the mortal body. Human nature, according to Plato, is defined by its soul, or rather, the soul and the body, but the primacy of the soul over the body, the immortal divine principle over the death, bodily. According to the teachings of Plato, the human soul consists of three parts: the first of them expresses perfectly — a reasonable capacity, second — vozhdelyayusche-willed, the third — the instinctive-affective. Depending on which of these parts takes over the fate of man, focus of its activities, the meaning of his life. When asked what people should think, Antisthenes said: «About to die happy». «Anyone who wants to be immortal, — he said — must lead godly and righteous life». «States are killed when no longer distinguish the bad from the good». In contrast to the Slavic paganism (main dominant worldview which were anthropomorphism of nature and the naturalization of the person) and Hellenic culture type (where the measure of all things is to adore the man) adoption of Christianity dictated qualitatively different conception of man. Death is the cessation of vital activity, the loss of it. In unicellular organisms (e.g., Protozoa) death of the individual is manifested in the form of division, resulting in the cessation of existence of the individual and the emergence of two new instead. Death of warm-blooded animals and humans associated with the cessation, especially respiratory and circulatory. There are 2 main stages of death: clinical death and following it biological, or true, — irreversible cessation of physiological processes in cells and tissues. Recognizing the inevitability of death, people are not tired to look for ways to counter it. A man comes to this world to live, not to die. Human life — this is the highest value, is our being. That’s all we have. Therefore, it may not be the most important task today than to keep it, to extend it to the maximum achievable time. But the man with all the wildlife is forced to obey its laws, causes inevitable death. Death is a necessary element of life. But why a person should obey it. We have broken many conceivable natural laws, we take from it for a lot longer than she can give us. Then why do not we take her more than life ?! But on the other hand, why is it us? Yan Zhu considered the limit of human life 100 years, and one reaches it by thousands, and even then not always. Strongly denying the possibility of personal immortality, he said, that the long life of a man to anything.

«Grief and joy in the affairs of the world in ancient times were the same as now; order and chaos changes and changes in the old days were the same as now. If a person has just heard, if he has already been through all this, and a hundred years will seem to him sufficient time to all it is very tired: even more so if the bitter seemed to him a long life?» [3; 137]. The meaning associated with it. And if there was no end, ie if there was a bad infinity of life, the meaning of life would not exist. Death — the ultimate horror and the ultimate evil is the only way out of a bad time to eternity, and life immortal and eternal is achievable only through death. Life is noble because it is death, there is an end, indicating that the person is to another, higher life. In the sense of infinite time it is never revealed, meaning lies in eternity. But between the time of life, and life in eternity lies an abyss through which the transition is possible only by death, by breaking

Death is not only the absurdity of life in this world, its perishability, but also a sign of coming out of the depths, indicating the existence of a higher meaning of life. The living and the dead do not suffer when death will do the trick. The dead can no longer suffer; and we can even praise death, when she puts an end to extreme physical pain or mental sad decline. However, incorrect to speak of death as a «reward», because the real reward, as well as a genuine punishment requires a conscious fact of experience. In every person’s life there may come a time when death will be more effective for its main purposes than life; once, for what it’s worth, because of his death will be clearer and more convincing than if it acted in any other way. Social meaning of death also has its positive side. After all, death makes us close common concerns and common destiny of all people everywhere. It unites us deeply feelingly cordial emotions and dramatically underlines the equality of our final destiny. The universality of death reminds us of the essential brotherhood of man that exists, despite the violent disagreements and conflicts registered in history as well as contemporary works. Indifference. The death has a positive meaning. But death is at the same time the worst and the only evil. Every evil can be reduced to death. There is no other evil but death and killing does not exist. At all times people are looking for salvation from imminent death of Ms. And it is not only in the search for the body or the soul immortality, as well as in a kind of «indifference» to the death. On this is based the principle of «beautiful life» Epicurus. This principle Epicurus formulated as follows: «accustom themselves to the idea that death does not have to do with us. All the good and bad is the feeling, but death is deprivation of sensation. Therefore, the right to know that death does not have to do with us, making mortality delectable life — not because it was added to the infinite amount of time, but because it takes away the craving for immortality» [3; 144].

If during his long life, people did not realize its purpose, it will not be a decent and proper, though he had lived a thousand years. Death – good. We should not forget that there are times when we can say that Death – good! M. Montaigne recognizes that promises immortality only God and religion, neither the nature nor the mind does not say a word about it. Why immortality after death — not only to get rid of diseases, it is to get rid of all kinds of suffering. With the objective scientific positions — were discharged from our personal experiences and fears — death seems the regulator and organizer of life. All organisms in a supportive environment multiply exponentially. This powerful «head of life» very quickly would turn terrestrial biosphere in the teeming cluster of organisms. Fortunately one generation free arena of life for others. Only in such a scheme, guarantee of the evolution of organisms. Death — is a completely natural phenomenon, she played a useful and necessary role in the long course of biological evolution. Indeed, without death, which gave the most complete and serious significance fact of survival of the fittest, and thus made possible the progress of organic forms, people in general would never have appeared. … Unfortunately, each of us, who is eager to not only knowledge, but also comfort, good understanding of the death for the triumph of biological evolution is unlikely to help us joyfully expect the termination of his invaluable — for us! — And the only one ever and ever personal life … The problem of death becomes the central importance of Freud. And it is the central problem of death, indissolubly linked with the problem of time. The problem of immortality is secondary, and it is usually wrongly posed. Death is the most profound and the most significant fact of life, exalting the last mortal of ordinary life. Just the fact of death puts in depth the question of the meaning of life. Life in this world is worth it because there is death [4; 102].

The Christian understanding of the meaning of life, death and immortality comes from the Old Testament situation: «The day of death than the day of birth» (Ecclesiastes) and the New Testament commandment of Christ: «… I have the keys of hell and of death». Theanthropic essence of Christianity is manifested in the fact that the immortality of the person as a whole being is conceivable only through the resurrection. The road to it is opened the atoning sacrifice of Christ through the cross and resurrection. This is the realm of mystery and wonder, because the person is derived from the scope of the natural and cosmic forces and elements and is placed as a person face to face with God, who is also a person. Thus, the purpose of human life is a defeat, towards eternal life. Without realizing it, the earth’s life becomes a dream, empty and idle dream, a bubble. In essence, it is only a preparation for eternal life, which is just around the corner for everyone. Therefore it is said in the Gospel: «Be ready: for in such an hour you do not, the Son of Man will come». For life does not become, in the words of Mikhail Lermontov, «an empty and stupid joke», you must always remember the hour of death. This is not a tragedy, and the transition to the other world, which already inhabited by myriads of souls, good and evil and where each new part on pleasure or flour. In figurative expression of one of the Orthodox hierarchs: «The dying man — setting light that already shines the dawn of another world». Death destroys not the body, and its perishability and therefore — not the end but the beginning of eternal life. A different understanding of the immortality of Christianity linked with the image of the «Eternal Jew» Ahasuerus, when sweltering under the weight of the cross, Jesus went to Calvary and wanted to rest, standing among the other Ahasuerus said: «Go, go», for which he was to punish — it was forever denied the rest grave. For centuries, he is doomed to wander the world, waiting for the second coming of Christ, who alone can deprive him of hateful immortality.

The descriptions of Heaven and Hell in the Quran full of vivid detail, so that the righteous were fully satisfied, and the wicked get their just deserts. Paradise — a wonderful «Gardens of Eternity, beneath which rivers flow out of the water, milk and wine»; the same «friendly wife», «buxom contemporaries», and «black-eyed and big-eyed, adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls». Sitting on a carpet and resting on green cushions bypass «forever young boys» offering in dishes of gold «meat birds». Hell for sinners — fire and scalding water, pus and slops, fruit tree «Zaqqum» like the devil’s head, and their fate — «the screams and the roar». The hour of death can not ask Allah for knowledge about it only from him, but «what you can know, maybe an hour is near». Attitude to death and immortality in Buddhism is very different from the Christian and Muslim. The Buddha himself refused to answer the following questions: Does the immortal who knew the truth and he is mortal?, as well: can the knower be mortal and immortal at the same time? In fact it recognized only one kind of «wondrous immortality» — Nirvana, as the embodiment of transcendental Superbeing, an absolute beginning, having no attributes. Since the person is understood as the sum of Dharma which are in constant flux of transformation, it follows the absurdity, the meaninglessness of chains of natural births. «Dhammapada» claims that «birth again and again, sadly». The way out is the way to gaining nirvana, breaking the chain of endless rebirth and the attainment of enlightenment, blessed «islands» located in a person’s heart of hearts, where «no hold» and «did not crave» The famous symbol of nirvana — the extinction forever trembling flame of life is well expresses the essence of Buddhist understanding of death and immortality. As Buddha said: «A day in the life of man, who saw the immortal path, better a hundred years of human existence, not seen higher life» [5; 85].

Quiet and peaceful attitude towards life, death and immortality, the desire for enlightenment and liberation from evil is found in other Eastern religions and cults. In this context, changing attitudes to suicide; it is considered not as sinful as meaningless because they do not release the person from the cycle of birth and death (samsara), but only leads to the birth in a lower incarnation. We need to overcome this attachment to his person, because, according to the Buddha, «the nature of the individual is a continuous death». One of the wisest poets of XX century. W. Whitman expressed as the idea — to live «quietly smiling Death». Getting at the sources of life from suffering, «marred by actions and filthiness» (selfishness, anger, pride, false views, etc…) And the power of his «I» — the best way of gaining immortality. There were many concepts of life in the history of mankind’s spiritual life, death and immortality, based on the non-religious and atheistic approach to the world and man. Non-religious people and atheists often blamed for the fact that life on earth for them — that’s all, and death — an irresistible tragedy, which essentially makes life meaningless.

Other world religions — Islam comes from the fact that the creation of man to the will of Almighty God, which is above all merciful. On the question of man: «Did I die, I will be plagued by a living?» Allah gives the answer: «Do not remember the person that we have done it before, and he was nothing?» Unlike Christianity, earthly life in Islam is regarded high. However, in the last day, everything will be destroyed and the dead will be resurrected and stand before Allah for the final judgment. Belief in life after death is necessary, because in this case the person will evaluate their actions and deeds are not from the point of view of self-interest, but in the sense of an eternal perspective. The destruction of the entire universe on the day of a fair trial involves the creation of a new perfect world. For each person will be presented to «write» actions and thoughts, even the most secret and handed down appropriate sentences. Thus, the rule will prevail laws of morality and reason over the physical laws. Morally pure person may not in the humiliated position, as is the case in the real world. Islam categorically forbids suicide.

With a few exceptions at all times and the people spoke about life quite negatively. Life — suffering (Buddha, Schopenhauer, and others.); life — sleep (Vedas, Plato, La Bruyere, Pascal); life — the abyss of evil (the ancient Egyptian text, «human conversation with your spirit»). «And I hated life, because I was disgusted I business that is done under the sun, for all — vanity and vexation of spirit» (Ecclesiastes); «Human life is miserable» (Seneca); «Life — a struggle and journey through a foreign land» (Marcus Aurelius); «All the ashes, a ghost, a shadow and smoke» (John of Damascus); «Life is monotonous, dull spectacle» (Petrarch); «Life — it’s fool’s tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, but devoid of meaning» (Shakespeare); «Human life is nothing but a constant illusion» (Pascal); «The whole life — only the price of false hopes» (Diderot); «My life — an eternal night … what is life if not madness?» (Kierkegaard); «All human life is deeply immersed in the truth» (Nietzsche).

It says the same proverbs and sayings of different nations such as «Life — a penny». José Ortega y Gasset defined the man not as body and the spirit, as well as a specific human drama. Indeed, in this sense, every human life is dramatic and tragic: as if not successfully evolved life, as if it was not durable — its inevitable end. Author of Ecclesiastes put it this way: «Who is the living, there is hope, because a living dog is better than a dead lion». Centuries later, the Greek sage Epicurus tried to solve the question of questions like this: «accustom ourselves to the idea that death does not have to do with us. When we exist, death is not yet present, and when death is present, then we do not exist». Death and potential immortality — the most powerful lure for philosophizing mind, since all our life business should somehow commensurate with the eternal. Man is doomed to think about death, and in this it differs from the animal, which is mortal, but does not know about it. However, animals can sense the approach of death, especially pets, and their dying behavior often resembles a painful search for solitude and calm. The death of all — the price paid for the complexity of the biological system. Single-celled amoeba, and virtually immortal in the sense of being happy. When the body becomes multicellular, it would be a self-destruct mechanism is built at a certain stage of development associated with the genome. For centuries the best minds are trying to at least theoretically refute this thesis, to prove and then to realize the real immortality. However, this ideal of immortality is not the existence of an amoeba and angelic life in a better world. From this perspective, a person must live forever in constant prime, recalling Goethe’s Faust. «Stop a moment», — this is the motto of this immortality, the momentum of which is in the words of José Ortega y Gasset «biological vitality», «life force», akin to the one «that stirs the sea, fertilizes beast covered tree flowers, lights and extinguishes the stars». A person can not accept the fact that it was he would have to leave this magnificent world where full of life. Being the eternal spectator of this great picture of the universe, do not experience the «days of saturation» as the biblical prophets — can something be more tempting? But, thinking about it, you start to understand that death — perhaps the only thing in front than all equal: rich and poor, dirty and clean, loved and unloved. Although in ancient times, and today, and constantly made attempts to convince the world that there are people who have visited «out there» and returned back, but common sense refuses to believe it. It takes faith, you must wonder what makes the Gospel Christ, «death by death». It has been observed that human wisdom is often expressed in a calm attitude towards life and death. As Mahatma Gandhi said: «We do not know which is better — to live or die. Therefore, we should not be any excessive cheering life, not to tremble at the thought of death. We shall equally apply to both of them. This is perfect». And long before that in the «Bhagavad Gita» said:

«Verily, death is for the born, and birth is inevitable for the deceased. About inevitable — not sorrow «At the same time, a lot of great people aware of this problem in tragic tones. Outstanding domestic biologist I. Mechnikov, speculated about the possibility of «parenting instinct of natural death», wrote Leo Tolstoy:

«When Tolstoy, tormented by the inability to solve the problem and pursued by the fear of death, he asked himself, could the family love to reassure his soul, he immediately saw that it was — a vain hope. Why, he asked himself, to raise children who will soon find themselves in the same critical state, like their father? Why should they live? Why do I love them and raise their guard? For the same despair that is in me? Loving them, I can not hide the truth from them, every step leads them to the knowledge of this truth. And the truth – death» [6; 112].

So, you can select the first measurement of the problems of life, death and immortality — the biological, for this state is in fact different aspects of one phenomenon. It has long been hypothesized was panspermia, the continued availability of life and death in the universe, their constant reproduction in appropriate conditions. Known definition of Engels: «Life is the mode of existence of protein bodies, and this mode of existence is, in essence, in constant self-renewal of chemical constituents of these bodies», emphasizes the cosmic aspect of life. They are born, live and die stars, nebulae, planets, comets and other celestial bodies, and in this sense does not disappear no one and nothing. This aspect is the most developed in Eastern philosophy and mystical teachings, vshodyaschego of the fundamental impossibility of reason alone to understand the meaning of the universe circuit. Materialistic concepts are based on the phenomenon of self-life and self-inflicted, when, according to Engels, «with iron necessity» are generated by the life and thinking spirit of the universe in one place, if the other disappears. Awareness of the unity of human life and the humanity with all life on the planet, its biosphere, as well as potentially possible forms of life in the universe is of great philosophical significance. This idea of the sanctity of life, the right to life for all living beings by virtue of the fact of birth is one of the eternal ideals of humanity. In the limit, the entire universe and the earth are regarded as sentient beings, and interference in the still poorly understand the laws of life is fraught with environmental crisis. Man appears as a small part of this living universe, a microcosm, which absorbed all the wealth of the macrocosm. Feelings of «reverence for life» (A. Schweitzer), a sense of his involvement in the wonderful world of the living to some extent inherent in any ideological system. Even if the biological, bodily life is not considered to be genuine, the transit form of human existence, and in these cases (eg Christianity) human flesh smears and should find nothing but a flourishing state.

The second dimension of the problems of life, death and immortality is due explaining the specifics of human life and its differences from the life of all living things. Already more than thirty centuries, sages, prophets and philosophers of different countries and peoples struggling to find the watershed. More often than not believe it’s all about awareness of the fact of impending death, we know that we shall die, and frantically looking for a way to immortality. Everything else is living quietly and peacefully finishes its way, having to play a new life IPT serve as fertilizer for the soil of another life. Man, however, is doomed to lifelong agonizing thoughts about the meaning of life or its meaninglessness, it produces itself, and often others, and forced to drown these vexed questions in the wine or drugs. This is partly true, but the question arises: what to do with the fact of the death of a newborn baby, who had not yet understood or anything, or mentally retarded person who is not able to understand anything? Consider whether the beginning of human life at conception (which is impossible to accurately determine in most cases) or the time of birth? It is known that the dying Tolstoy, referring to others, said that they turned their eyes to the millions of other people, rather than looking at a lion. Obscurity, and not bothering anyone except his mother, the death of the little creatures from hunger somewhere in Africa and lavish funeral internationally renowned leaders in the face of eternity do not have differences. In this sense, profoundly right English poet D. Donn, said that the death of every person belittles humanity and therefore «never ask, For Whom the Bell Tolls, it tolls for thee». Obviously, the specifics of the life, death and immortality of man is not directly related to the mind and its manifestations, with the successes and achievements of human throughout life, with the assessment of his contemporaries and descendants. The death of many geniuses at a young age is certainly tragic, but there is no reason to believe that their future life, if it took place, would give the world something even more brilliant. It operates some not quite clear, but empirically obvious pattern, expressed Christian thesis: «God clean up in the first place the best». In this sense, life and death are not covered by the categories of rational knowledge, it does not fit into the rigid deterministic model of the world and man. To argue about these concepts can be coolly to a certain limit. It is due to the personal interest of each person and his ability to intuitively comprehend the ultimate bases of human existence. In this respect, each is like a swimmer, leaped into the waves among the high seas. Hope is necessary only on itself, despite the human solidarity, faith in God, the Supreme Intelligence, and so on. E. Human uniqueness, the uniqueness of the individual is manifested here in the highest degree. Geneticists estimate that the probability of the birth of this particular person from the data of parents is one chance in a hundred trillion cases. If so it happened, what is striking the imagination of the diversity of human meaning of life appears to man when he thinks about life and death?

The third dimension of this problem is connected with the idea of gaining immortality, which sooner or later becomes the center of attention of the person, especially if he has reached the age of maturity. There are several kinds of immortality associated with what remains of his business, the children after a man, grandchildren, and so on. D. (Of course, not everyone), the products of its activities and personal belongings, as well as the fruits of intellectual production (ideas, images, etc.).

The first kind of immortality — in the genes of the offspring, close to most people. In addition to the principal opponents of marriage and family and misogynist, many tend to perpetuate themselves this way. One of the most powerful of human instincts is the desire to see their features in the children and grandchildren. It traced the transmission of certain signs in the royal dynasties of Europe (for example, the nose of the Habsburgs) for several generations. With this linked inheritance is not only the physical symptoms, but also the moral principles of the family class or craft, and so. D. Historians have found that many prominent figures of Russian culture of the XIX century. were related (albeit distant) between them. One Century includes four generations. Thus, for two thousand years, it was replaced by 80 generations, and 80 minutes ancestor of every one of us was a contemporary of ancient Rome and the 130th — a contemporary of Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II.

The second kind of immortality mummification of the body with the expectation of eternal its preservation. Experience more of the Egyptian pharaohs, the modern practice of embalming (Lenin, Mao Zedong and others.) Suggests that in some civilizations it is considered accepted. Reaching the end of XX century art. We make it possible kriogenezatsiyu (deep freeze) dead bodies with the expectation that the future of their doctors revive and cure currently incurable diseases. This fetishization of human corporeality is characterized mainly for totalitarian societies, where gerontocracy (power old) becomes the basis for the stability of the state.

The third kind of immortality the hope to «dissolve» the body and the spirit of the deceased in the Universe, their entry into the cosmic «body» in the eternal cycle of matter. This is typical of a number of Eastern civilization, especially the Japanese. Such a decision is close to the Islamic model of the relationship of life and death and a variety of materialistic or rather naturalistic conception. Here we are talking about the loss of personal qualities and preserve the body of the former particles that may enter in the composition of other organisms. This is very abstract view of immortality is not acceptable for most people, and emotionally rejected.

The fourth kind of immortality associated with the results of the life of human creativity. No wonder members of various academies awarded the title of «immortal». Scientific discovery, creating brilliant works of literature and art, an indication of the path of humanity in the new faith, the creation of a philosophical text, an outstanding military victory and a demonstration of the state of wisdom — all this leaves the person’s name in the memory of grateful descendants. Perpetuates the heroes and prophets, martyrs and saints, architects n inventors. Forever is stored in the memory of mankind, and the names of the most brutal tyrants and the greatest criminals. This raises the question of ambiguity assess the extent of a person’s identity. It seems that the greater the number of human lives and broken human lives on the conscience of a historical character, the more chances he has to get into the history and immortality there. The ability to influence the lives of hundreds of millions of people, «charisma» power causes many state mystical horror, mixed with reverence. Such people are legends and traditions that are passed from generation to generation.

The fifth kind of immortality associated with the achievement of the various state that science calls «altered states of consciousness». Basically, they are the product of meditation and psycho system adopted in Eastern religions and civilizations. There may be a «breakthrough» in the other dimensions of space and time travel into the past and the future, ecstasy and enlightenment, mystical sense of belonging to Eternity. We can say that the meaning of death and immortality, as well as the ways to achieve it, the flip side of the problem of the meaning of life. Clearly, these issues are dealt with differently, depending on the leading spiritual installation of a civilization. We consider these issues in relation to the three world religions Christianity, Islam and Buddhism and civilizations based on them.

Leo Tolstoy in his famous confession painfully trying to find the meaning in life, which would not be destroyed inevitably coming to each person’s death. For the believer, everything is clear, but for the unbeliever there is an alternative to the three possible solutions to this problem.

The first way — is to take an idea which is supported by science and simply common sense that the world can not be the complete destruction of even the elementary particles and the laws of conservation. Saved matter, energy, and is believed to have information and the organization of complex systems. Consequently, particles of our «I» after death enter into the eternal cycle of life and in this sense will be immortal. However, they will not have a mind, a soul, which binds our «I». Moreover, this kind of immortality is acquired by man over a lifetime. You could even say in the form of a paradox: we are alive only because every moment we die. Die daily of red blood cells, epithelial cells of our mucous membranes, the hair falls out, and so on. D. Therefore, to fix the life and death as absolute opposites, in principle, impossible in fact or in thought. They are two sides of the same coin. Faced with the death of people in the full sense of the word are equal to each other, as well as any living, essentially, that erases the inequality, which is based on the life on earth. Therefore, the perception of quiet thought about the absence of an eternal life of my «I» and the understanding of the inevitability of the merger with the «indifferent» nature is one of the ways bezrelignoznogo approach to the problem of immortality. However, in this case there is a problem of the Absolute, to lean on their own moral decisions. Chekhov wrote: «It is necessary to believe in God, and if there is no faith, there is no place to hold its hype, and look, look, look lonely, alone with his conscience».

The second way — the acquisition of immortality in human affairs, in the fruits of material and spiritual production, which are included in the treasury of mankind. To do this, first of all, we need to be sure that mankind is immortal and goes cosmic purpose in the spirit of Tsiolkovsky and other cosmists. If you really self-destruction in a thermonuclear environmental disaster for mankind, and also due to some cosmic cataclysms, then the question remains open. Among the ideals and the driving forces of this kind of immortality often featured a struggle for the liberation of humanity from class and social oppression, the struggle for national independence and nationhood, the struggle for peace and justice, and so on. N. This makes the life of these fighters a higher meaning, which merges with the immortality.

The third way to immortality is usually chosen by people, the scale of activity that is not beyond their homes and immediate surroundings. There may be a question about the movement «in depth», that expressed by the words of Goethe’s Mephistopheles: «Theory, my friend, is dry, but life is green tree». Without waiting for eternal bliss or eternal damnation, without going into the cunning of reason, connecting the microcosm (ie. E. A person) with the macrocosm, millions of people just float in the stream of life, feeling his particle. Immortality for them in eternal memory benefit humanity, and in the daily affairs and concerns. «To believe in God is not difficult … No, you’re confident man!» — Chekhov wrote, it was not suggesting that he, himself, will be an example of this type of relationship to life and death. For its characteristics LA Pogon coined the term «vital» as a criterion for describing all the possible signs of vitality necessary for normal functioning of the human beings [7; 96].

It is possible to mention other concepts of gaining immortality, aimed at changing the laws of nature («common cause» NF Fedorov, pantheism in the spirit of Einstein), the achievement of «life after death» (R. Moody, A. Ford, etc.), as well as numerous mystical flow, based on the real presence of the other world and the possibility of communicating with departed. Moreover, there are data on the presence of each person a kind of phantom power, which leaves the person long before physical death, but it continues to exist in other dimensions. This generally leads to a different type of understanding of the problem of immortality, which is associated with the need to self-determination in the eternal world of information and energy entities. Modern tanatologiya (the study of death) is one of the «hot spots» of science and the humanities.

Nevertheless, the search for and finding meaning in life and deeds of each person is very individual personal character. We can say that the meaning of death and immortality, as well as the ways to achieve it, the flip side of the problem of the meaning of life. Clearly, these issues are dealt with differently, depending on the leading spiritual installation of a civilization. If a person has a sort of death instinct (what Freud wrote), each has a natural, innate right, not only to live, how he was born and die in the human condition. One of the features of the 20th century is that humanism and humane relations between people are the basis and guarantee of survival for mankind. If before any social and natural disasters left the hope that the majority of people survive and rebuild ruined, but now can be considered the notion of vitality, derived from humanism.

The revival of the organism — an issue for a long time moving humanity. Research scientists in the field of revitalization of people killed by the premature death of ill-founded, it is very important, and in this direction a lot of discoveries and advances have been made. Modern methods of revival become the property of the broad masses of the doctors, so that thousands of people previously condemned to death, back to life. We agree with the statement of Pavlov: «… Death is a complex organism from the point of view of natural science has ceased to be a secret. Here there are many different outstanding issues awaiting solutions, but there is no mystery. The object of study here is the mechanism of death, the way how it happened …».

Currently, after persistent and painstaking research, through the use of artificial cooling and other methods researchers can not completely restore the function of the body after the onset of clinical death [8; 106].

In general, the sanctity of life is the right of wery living soul yo live. There are main ideas of the eternal nature of mankind. A human is not parting existance of the life on earth. Every person feels a certain level of ideological system jver the world. But life and death, paying attention for not dieing are born from the humanity of people and these life meanings are closely connected with a history of mankind.

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We explain what a word problem is and give examples of the types of word problems your child might be challenged with in each primary-school maths year group, from Year 1 to Year 6.

Mustachians — see if you have a take on this. It’s not a very mustachios situation, but it’s a financial question, and I trust mustachians.

Caution: we are entering #richpeopleproblems territory on a steep grade waterslide, straight ahead…

This is not my issue either, it’s my mom’s…good times so far, thanks for reading.

 -Mom owns a house, no mortgage. Value roughly $2M.
 -Mom is 70, recently retired, single (widowed)
 -Mom cares for and intends to leave an inheritance to support the lifelong care for special needs daughter, currently age 40, life expectancy is a complete wild card
 -Mom’s net worth is in the neighborhood of $5M: this house, inherited IRA from husband, her own IRA/401ks, partial ownership in real estate LLC
 -Mandatory IRA distributions & social security begin this year and will roughly supplant previously earned income (she states she does not know if it will be more or less than previous salary). The situation is one where MBA meets anxiety disorder
 -Special needs trust for daughter exists and is being left out of the discussion

Ok, the question!

Believe or not, this house, that honest-to-goodness could be sold for $2M in the next 30 days…and I bet I could get a cash contract at $1.8 in 24hrs…is in terrible shape. It’s an original 60s tract home, 3bed/2ba with some wonky extensions and «upgrades» done by our beloved handyman. It’s truly a wonder the skylights have not fallen down.

Mom wants to rehab the house. Sort of. Maybe my brother is strong arming her a bit on that. It was her parents house in retirement, is well-situated, and she’s pretty attached to it. I have floated the idea of buying a different house, but that seems emotionally out of the question. My brother recently did a $600k upgrade to his house (which was my mom’s before and which we grew up in and which she gave to him a couple years ago in very similar wonky-handyman shape.) He probably increased the market value of that home $1M by doing the $600k renovations, with the market obviously having moved up a bit in that year.

What the hell? Why is this lady posting this on an anonymous internet board??

Ok, now that that’s out of the way:

My mom wants to take a 15yr mortgage to pay for the renovations to her house and she wants to cap the costs at $500k. She just met with the architect and got a ballpark of $700k for what she wants. The $500k scope seems dangerously unsatisfying (although in a way, how could that possibly be??)

It seems to be that all of the following are logical interpretations of this scenario and reasonable options to put on the table. My ask-a-mustachian question is, do you agree, and can you offer any alternatives/additions?

1. Consider trading houses. Find something with the natural light she’s craving and that’s already upgraded. Let some silly person buy this house and spend away on fixing/replacing it

2. Stay in this house, and go with the pricier rehab and borrow the money. Consider the balance sheet effects of this to be neutral, since the fixed-up house is likely to be worth at least as much as current value + cost of reno. Consider the interest costs to be like rent. This is the most likely to appeal to mom.

3. (Head explosion territory) Sell the house and rent? Investing $1.8M and drawing off 4-6% gives $6000-9000 per month.

4. Stay in the house and sell stock to pay for renovations. This is very hard to palate with the current market conditions

What have I overlooked, mustachians?