#philosophy

"*"Maybe the whole point of my life is to make you feel more alive."

"Lies vs. Truth [10w] I can only speak truth if I lie to myself."

"Quiconque lutte contre des monstres devrait prendre garde, dans le combat, à ne pas devenir monstre lui-même. Et quant à celui qui scrute le fond de l'abysse, l'abysse le scrute à son tour."

"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."

"The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly."

"Poetry is a Ladder {C☰O☰U☰P☰L☰E☰T} {The poet's job is to create a ladder} {for the reader to enter his imagination}and☰once☰they've☰climbed☰u­p☰to☰the ☰top☰remove☰each☰rung☰by☰grad­ation"

"Never let your uniqueness be compromised"

"Q & A The illness of our time is not that we lack for answers;man's tragedy is that we've forgotten the important questions."

"The church has never been asked to explain anything, our speciality, along with ballistics, has always been the neutralisation of the overly curious mind through faith."

"We’re built of contradictions, all of us. It’s those opposing forces that give us strength, like an arch, each block pressing the next. Give me a man whose parts are all aligned in agreement and I’ll show you madness. We walk a narrow path, insanity to each side. A man without contradictions to balance him will soon veer off."

"Compassion [10w] Compassion is the combination to enter the vault of heaven."

"You are intelligent if you know what you do not know."

"Comedy vs. Satire [10w] Comedy pokes fun at society's self-inflation;satire deflates the balloon."

"Our eyes see only that which language can explain, but our hearts see that which is invisible and unexplainable."

"Missouri State Motto Salus populi suprema lex esto [16]If our chiggers don't getcha', Rush Limbaugh will."

"Reality is a perceptual illusion we have accepted as truth."

"Optimists vs. Death [10w] Optimists are hopeful people who see a coffin as half-full."

"Modern bourgeois society with its relations of production, of exchange, and of property, a society that has conjured up such gigantic means of production and of exchange, is like the sorcerer, who is no longer able to control the powers of the nether world whom he has called up by his spells."

"Soulmate [10w] When you meet your soulmate,God's walked into the room."

"We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well."