philosophy

"All resistance is a rupture with what is. And every rupture begins, for those engaged in it, through a rupture with oneself."

"Though all men be equally frail before the world, the differences between them are terrifying."

"I am not pretty; I am not ugly. I am not true, and I am not false. I am just me—a reality, a conception, and not a misinterpretation."

"A pen, a piece of white paper, and an idea can create a new you."

"Who we are now is all that really matters."

"Telekinetic Poker Players Telekinetic poker players have a tell when they're bluffing:they always raise you."

"Philosophy cannot be extinguished, though men will try ... The spirit seeks the light, that is its nature. It wishes to return to its origin, and must forever try to reach enlightenment."

"There is something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your life meaning and point… The truly adult view, by contrast, is that our life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it."

"To expand your world, love everyone even when no one is perfect."

"Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life."

"Escalators are the offspring of elevators and stairs. Love is the progeny of passion and admiration."

"For Christians . . . an unreflective faith is not possible if we take seriously the injunction to love God with the mind as well as the heart and soul."

"Bagels and Lox Life's an everything bagel;love is a schmear of scallion cream cheese;and lox, no matter how you cut it,is resistant to dumbass metaphors."

"A few dud universes can really clutter up your basement."

"Wir werden alt und grau. Wir werden eines Tages verschlissen sein und aus der Welt verschwinden. Mit unseren Träumen ist das anders. Sie können in anderen Menschen weiterleben, wenn es uns schon längst, längst nicht mehr gibt."

"To realize your imagination, go with trust in the direction of your destination."

"There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each person was born with a certain finite amount of ill luck. And so, when an unfortunate event happened, they thought themselves blessed—thereafter, their lives could only get better."

"Good man and bad man with money goes a long ways."~ Amunhotep El Bey"

"All of Western philosophy is but a footnote to Plato."

"The line between him and the enemy had simultaneously blurred and solidified. Somehow, while perhaps it shouldn't have, this thought provided a strange sense of peace."