Who do you think you can learn the most from about life?

Question

Past or present.

Please don't say God or Jesus.

Historic figures?

Family?

Why?

Answer 1

Shakespeare.  He created a wide range of characters, each different and each with their own motives, desires, and failings.  The only way he could do this was with a deep understanding of humanity in all different aspects and situations.

Then he was able to give these characters voice, often with sililoquies expressing each of their thoughts, and with these thoughts frequently expressed in a number of different ways, illuminating them in 360 degrees.

No better way to learn about man.

Answer 2

I think the only one person you can learn most about life from is yourself because everybody has a different way of living or thinking and only you know about your life. so if you really want to know about life i suggest you ask your closest friend or someone who really knows you well or even sit down quietly and ask your self.

Answer 3

Anyone who has been forced to live it at a grass-roots level, grandparents, older generations and historical people in the fields that intrest you like political, sport or economical.

Answer 4

Family-wise, my grandfather.  He was a very wise man, with more patience than you could imagine.

Historic Figure-wise, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and Ronald Reagan

Answer 5

Those who have lived the most of it. You learn history first hand and how it impacted those that made the history and were not just a part of it. You gain an understanding of the constancy of human nature.

Answer 6

i think you should learn from yourself.learn from your mistakes but also listen to older people

Answer 7

My 96 year old Grandma.  She's still going strong, other than getting the great-grandkids a little confused (we all do).  I can't even begin to say what-all she's been through - 2 World Wars, many other wars/conflicts, the Depression, the Prohibition, countless advances in technology and social thought, etc.

Answer 8

I would pick one from the past. About two thousand years past. It would be Peter, the apostle. He was very close to Jesus, and could tell me quite a lot about the Lord. Quite a lot about what he would say of this generation. I could get concrete answers from him as well as he was given authority by God to speak what is right and what is wrong in this world.

So Peter one of the Apostles to my Lord.

Answer 9

My horses, who live in the moment.  They do not worry about the future or the past.  They do not lie, though they will cheat and steal if you give them the chance (but they mean no harm--it's only the opportunist in them).

They do not pretend to be something they are not.  What you see is what you get with horses.  They do not know they are beautiful.  In fact, they really couldn't care less about what they look like, and furthermore, they really don't care what I look like either.  They trust and respect you only to the extent that you have earned it.  They will cooperate with you just as long as you are reasonable.  They are not prejudiced against others (except maybe against turkeys, who aren't too bright and tend to get underfoot anyway).

It doesn't take much to keep a horse happy:  Enough to eat & drink, some shelter from the wind & rain, a little bit of exercise, some good buddies to hang around with, and some dirt to roll around in is about all they ask of life.  All in all, I think we would be better people if we behaved more like horses.