philosophy

"Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls?"

"If we thought more for ourselves we would have very many more bad books and very many more good ones."

"Our culture has filled our heads but emptied our hearts, stuffed our wallets but starved our wonder. It has fed our thirst for facts but not for meaning or mystery. It produces "nice"people, not heroes."

"NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi."

"It is very difficult to break free from the prison of conformity and fixed false beliefs without changing our level of consciousness and awareness."

"The brightest light casts the darkest shadow."

"Life is a land of opportunity to love, live, and enjoy beauty."

"What Children See [10w] "A spider is an octopus who lives in the desert."

"I dream like a dew drop in the nightThen glitter in the morning sunlightThen it evaporates to embrace the sky"

"I, while the gods laugh, the world's vortex am;Maelström of passions in that hidden seaWhose waves of all-time lap the coasts of me;And in small compass the dark waters cram.- I, While the Gods Laugh, the World's Vortex Am"

"Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule."

"Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it."

"It would be, for me, mere pointless pleasure, an illusion of order for this one frail, foolish, flicker-flash in the long dull fall of eternity."

"The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!"

"California Haiku "After my boob jobI'm taking acting lessons.Fuck's fifty, no anal."

"I don’t know whether this world has a meaning that transcends it. But I know that I cannot know that meaning and that it is impossible for me just now to know it."

"Always ask the questions you want to, life is too short to know if you'll get a second chance to ask , and afterlife is probably too long to wonder what the answer may be."

"striid andWthdraw into yourself. Our master-reason asks no more than to act justly, and thereby to achieve calm."

"The 'Ugly' Poet [10w] Poets develop cleverness with wordsto compensate for their unattractiveness."

"If you don't like someone's story, write your own."