#philosophy

"Socrates [10w] "I know less than you.That's how smart I am!"

"I failed many times, but I always found myself stronger and wiser."

"it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply."

"Frivolous Gossip and Poetry It's just so much frivolous gossip to dwell upon the moral merits of a poet;what should only concern the reader is the merit of his words.Leave moral judgments to the preachers and aesthetic judgments to the critical readers."

"It is strange the way trauma deadens curiosity. To suffer cruelty in excess is to be delivered from care. The human heart sets aside its questions when the future is too capricious. This is the irony of tribulation.To know the world will never be so bad."

"Stercus accidit."

"Credo of a Substitute Teacher I'm a 'sugar free' substitute teacher.I speak frankly and never gave any of my studentsa single word of encouragement.Why should I? Even after 10 years the school hasn't given me a pension, health insurance or paid sick leave.So fuck 'em.Fuck 'em all."

"Education is meaningless without manners"

"My hope is that people begin to understand what the fiscal realities are - how economic virtue differs from political virtue - and develop a realization of their individual economic philosophy in comparison to their perceived political ideology."

"God has abandoned you. Fear does not serve you. Your heart has betrayed you. Only the music can guide you."

"Going to war to establish peace will not bring peace. It will just kill you."

"If you use a philosophy education well, you can get your foot in the door of any industry you please. Industries are like the blossoms on a tree while philosophy is the trunk - it holds the tree together, but it often goes unnoticed."

"Glow in the Dark "You've led me from stark nightwith a love that glows in the dark."

"A poet is not an apostle; he drives out devils only by the power of the devil."

"O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been without thee? Thou hast produced cities; thou hast called men scattered about into the social enjoyment of life."

"No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude."

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

"Rat-Race [10w] There’s no refuge for creatures opting out of the rat-race."

"I discovered that it is necessary, absolutely necessary, to believe in nothing. That is, we have to believe in something which has no form and no color--something which exists before all forms and colors appear... No matter what god or doctrine you believe in, if you become attached to it, your belief will be based more or less on a self-centered idea."

"Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself."