#philosophy

"All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion."

"Cancer [10w] It's odd that the cancer that kills you is you."

"For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert."

"Why is it so difficult for us to think in relative terms? Well, for the good reason that human nature loves absoluteness, and erroneously considers it as a state of higher knowledge."

"I’m not superstitious. I’m a witch. Witches aren’t superstitious. We are what people are superstitious of."

"A miracle is often the willingness to see the common in an uncommon way."

"Those who can show love are always kind. Those who cannot show love cannot be kind."

"True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen."

"A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it."

"Closets Opening and Closing [10w] + [10w] You can take sweet gay men out of the closet;you can't take the closet out of the master-bedroom suite."

"Settle, for sure and universally, what conduct will promote the happiness of a rational being."

"The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything."

"Believe in human beings - not all are good, but deep down all can be. But that doesn't mean you need to hang around crappy people and try to turn them around."

"Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening."

"Hope is the boat we ride to reach the shore of our desires."

"Government Intrusion [10w] + {Couplet} America's biggest illusion is the beliefthey're free from government intrusion."

"I'll follow you, even to death—but I won't live with you any more."

"Why have we built warships to bring home peace?"

"Instinct is a makeshift, an admission of helplessness before the problem of reality."

"If it is bread that you seek, you will have bread. If it is the soul you seek, you will find the soul. If you understand this secret, you know you are that which you seek."