philosophy

"All I'm trying to say is that if you're not willing to observe this, if you're just going to condemn it, you're never going to see it. It's there, whether you like it or not. This is stupid life-force we're dealing with here,"he said. "Think how old it is, Jim. Think how huge it is. Understanding it doesn't make any difference."

"To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher."

"Snow floated down every once in a while, but it was frail snow, like a memory fading into the distance."

"If you know that I am an unbeliever, then you know me better than I do myself. I may be an unbeliever, but I am an unbeliever who has a nostalgia for a belief."

"And this is the forbidden truth, the unspeakable taboo - that evil is not always repellent but frequently attractive; that it has the power to make of us not simply victims, as nature and accident do, but active accomplices."

"To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat."

"Love vs. Control [10w] A lover you can control is not worthy of having."

"I've often thought that there isn't any "I"at all; that we are simply the means of expression of something else; that when we think we are ourselves, we are simply the victims of a delusion."

"Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company."

"Later on in life, you expect a bit of rest, don't you? You think you deserve it. I did, anyway. But then you begin to understand that the reward of merit is not life's business."

"When pain is intense, you are at a climax. You can then see the light of transcendence."

"If the sum of living be love's fee,Tremble. You are my one eternity."

"If you're gonna burn a bridge behind you, make sure you've crossed it first."

"Area 51 [20w] If aliens were truly looking for intelligent life on earth,what the fuck were they thinking going to New Mexico?"

"The slope contains many wonders not found at the summit."

"Avery If a boy named Avery marries a girl named Avery,will they name or just label their children?"

"One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman."

"Ben, if you get pee in my brand-new car, I am going to cut your balls off."Still peeing, Ben looks over at me smirking. "You´re gonna need a hell of a big knife, bro."

"Each day acquire something that will fortify you against poverty, against death, indeed against other misfortunes as well; and after you have run over many thoughts, select one to be thoroughly digested that day."

"Sometimes God is Drunk [10w] Satan's sudden appearance means God is on a drinking binge."