# Gilgamesh ## Metadata * Author: [Stephen Mitchell](https://www.amazon.comundefined) * ASIN: B003P9XHZ8 * Reference: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003P9XHZ8 * [Kindle link](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B003P9XHZ8) ## Highlights One might even say that the attack on Humbaba stems from what Pascal called the cause of all human misery: the inability to sit contentedly alone in a room. — location: [383](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B003P9XHZ8&location=383) ^ref-26610 --- “The struggle between good and evil / is the primal disease of the mind,” wrote the sixth-century Zen master Seng-ts’an, who knew what he was talking about. — location: [406](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B003P9XHZ8&location=406) ^ref-57250 --- Remember what the ancient proverb says: ‘If you walk in front, you protect your comrade; if you know the route, you safeguard your friend.’ — location: [993](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B003P9XHZ8&location=993) ^ref-25472 --- Shiduri said, “Gilgamesh, where are you roaming? You will never find the eternal life that you seek. When the gods created mankind, they also created death, and they held back eternal life for themselves alone. Humans are born, they live, then they die, this is the order that the gods have decreed. But until the end comes, enjoy your life, spend it in happiness, not despair. Savor your food, make each of your days a delight, bathe and anoint yourself, wear bright clothes that are sparkling clean, let music and dancing fill your house, love the child who holds you by the hand, and give your wife pleasure in your embrace. That is the best way for a man to live.” — location: [1354](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B003P9XHZ8&location=1354) ^ref-19310 ---