tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821345570811107481.post5156493436341234357..comments2024-03-17T00:13:44.599-07:00Comments on Marty Nemko: Excerpts from "The Best Commencement Speeches of All Time"Marty Nemkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14850388752934193821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821345570811107481.post-53012025375101456702010-05-16T22:10:19.708-07:002010-05-16T22:10:19.708-07:00From JK Rowling's very powerful 2008 Harvard a...From JK Rowling's very powerful 2008 Harvard address: “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you failed by default.” http://www.ted.com/talks/jk_rowling_the_fringe_benefits_of_failure.htmlJeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821345570811107481.post-60619866986145069292010-05-16T20:54:23.131-07:002010-05-16T20:54:23.131-07:00Dogma is fine if not taken to extremes. We must n...Dogma is fine if not taken to extremes. We must not ignore the wisdom and experience of those who came before us. Dogma passed down from the Platonists, the Stoics, etc. have value. The concept of natural rights and natural law originate with Seneca and the Stoics.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821345570811107481.post-49120760355196119842010-05-16T18:15:09.794-07:002010-05-16T18:15:09.794-07:00I don't think you could a have a list of great...I don't think you could a have a list of great commencement speeches without leaving out David Foster Wallace's address at Kenyon College. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/sep/20/fiction<br />It's a brilliant reflection on modern life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821345570811107481.post-23855161635585640922010-05-16T06:39:14.044-07:002010-05-16T06:39:14.044-07:00I like Mary's advice best.I like Mary's advice best.Cornhuskernoreply@blogger.com