#philosophy

"You Can't Win [10w] Every bitch is a witch;every wife brings you strife."

"When consciousness is there, can life be far away?"

"We are the sum total of the decisions we have made."

"Contiguous vs. Continuous Identity Identity's only preserved in death;in life it is ever-changing."

"We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be."

"God vs. Satan [10w] Why can't God and Satan get along?They're both detail-oriented."

"Progress has always been achieved by probing well-entrenched and well-founded forms of life with unpopular and unfounded values. This is how man gradually freed himself from fear and from the tyranny of unexamined systems."

"Double-Dipping [10w] Double-dip in righteousness and delight in the here and herafter."

"J'ai lu les postmodernistes avec un certain intérêt avec même admiration. Mais quand je les lis, j'ai toujours cet horrible sentiment lancinant que quelque chose d'absolument essentiel est oublié. Plus on dit qu'une personne est un produit social, ou un confluent de forces ou fragmentée, ou marginalisée et plus on ouvre tout un nouveau monde d'excuses."

"Our knowledge of circumstances has increased, but our uncertainty, instead of having diminished, has only increased. The reason of this is, that we do not gain all our experience at once, but by degrees; so our determinations continue to be assailed incessantly by fresh experience; and the mind, if we may use the expression, must always be under arms."

"A scientist may not be sure of the answer, but he's often sure he can find one. And that's a condition which is clearly not enjoyed by philosophy."

"Perdue: It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken... ...it's all about steroids and crowd management."

"Whisper into My Good Ear [10w] "Pour your fears, fantasies, desires into my ear of corn."

"A friend is someone who accepts you no matter where you are."

"What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God."

"Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way."

"When you try hard to find happiness for other, you will unknowingly find yourself on the island of happiness."

"Eyes of Heaven To see through the eyes of heavenis to look upon your fellow manand only see the good in him."

"The most powerful force on earth is residing in your heart; it is your power of love."

"Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers’ cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between Marxists, and opponents and distorters of Marxism."