Greatness

"In what way does life contribute to the beauty of human existence? As respects those puruits which contribute only remotely, by providing the mechanism of life, it is well to be reminded that not the mere art of living is desired, but art of living in the contemplation of great things."
- Bertrand Russell.

Jean Paul Sartre was also involved in Marxist politics and was impressed upon visiting Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara, calling him "not only an intellectual but also the most complete human being of our age". It feels so big, Satre meeting Che and commenting. Great people. Great ideas. Great events.

That is something you can idealize. Reading about books, reading them, and reading in between the lines, when you realize the experience and thought that has gone into writing the phrase, the line and the paragraph, is when you see a pursuit. When Salman Rushdie says, while writing Midnights Children, he was not considering it as a joy, but as work. He wanted to perfect the work. Not just romantically writing the book, jot down his feelings, and make a bestsellor. Most ideas which have bases so noble as these, are what become in the true sense, 'successfull'. Others just randomly pass by and make some impression, but the former ones are the ones which stand out. Talent is not enough, but the inspiration, the motivation, and the objective. That is what is quintessential.
Today is Martyr's Day. Today symbolizes the siren which goes on in respect of the father of the nation. His ideologies, strength, perseverence. His fight. Whether he was wrong, right, good, his approach, his ideas, implementation faults, whatever. The point is, he was so strong to carry it out. As in individual.

I can go on and on, and it will be an epic.

So when you see an 80 year old man at the base of Mount Everest in Full gear, then is when you realize what greatness is.