philosophy

"Infinite Promise The carrot of infinite promise always dangles just inches beyond our noses.The trick is to surreptitiously switch that carrot for a zucchini."

"In short, philosophical theories are largely the product of the hidden hand of the cognitive unconscious."

"Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering."

"Spineless "How do you know which invertebrate lacks resolution if they're all spineless?"

"It's easy to hate and point out everything that is wrong with the world; it is the hardest and most important work in one's life to free oneself from the bonds of fear and attachment."

"Съвестта е онзи глас Божий в нас, онова огледало, в което ние се оглеждаме и виждаме своите недостатъци."

"When it comes to Schopenhauer, I think I need a To-Go box."

"Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas"- "Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses"

"A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none."

"What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful."

"I promise you that I will steal your heart and keep it in the prison of my love forever."

"Ars Poetica: Dovetailing Collage [10w] Poems should be a dovetailing collage not a linear cohesion."

"And, drunk with my own madness, I shouted at him furiously, "Make life beautiful! Make life beautiful!"

"A photograph shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy."

"I will tell you why I became a philosopher. I became a philosopher because I wanted to be able to talk about many, many things, ideally with knowledge, but sometimes not quite the amount of knowledge that I would need if I were to be a specialist in them. It allows you to be many different things. And plurality and complexity are very, very important to me."

"First Day at Harvard [10w] Smartest kid in the roomwalks into room of competitors."

"A farm regulated to production of raw commodities is not a farm at all. It is a temporary blip until the land is used up, the water polluted, the neighbors nauseated, and the air unbreathable. The farmhouse, the concrete, the machinery, and outbuildings become relics of a bygone vibrancy when another family farm moves to the city financial centers for relief."

"If you go to Singapore or Amsterdam or Seoul or Buenos Aires or Islamabad or Johannesburg or Tampa or Istanbul or Kyoto, you'll find that the people differ wildly in the way they dress, in their marriage customs, in the holidays they observe, in their religious rituals, and so on, but they all expect the food to be under lock and key. It's all owned, and if you want some, you'll have to buy it."

"Philosophy is one reason which could lead to death."

"you shall be told what pleased me to-day in the writings ofHecato; it is these words: "What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself."That wasindeed a great benefit; such a person can never be alone. You may be sure that such a man is a friend to all mankind."