#philosophy

"We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this."

"One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion."

"Man is an end in himself."

"Whether you take the doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit."

"And don't tell me the end justifies the means because it doesn't. We never reach the end. All we ever get is means. That's what we live with."

"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."

"Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest."

"The State of the World Attests to This: [10w] Common people are too easily manipulated or stupid to vote."

"2D or Not 2D [10w] The best thing about a two-dimensional world is nobody's fat."

"War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences of a supernatural nature which are as much general as particular. War is divine in the mysterious glory that surrounds it and in the no less inexplicable attraction that draws us to it. War is divine by the manner in which it breaks out."

"Accurs'd McDonalds, I Bite my Thumb at Thee! {Couplet} Let vex'd heavens rant and rage,This here McNigga slave ain't workin' for no McMinimum wage."

"Dictator [10w] Clever dictators keep their friends closeand their enemies dead."

"Both [Quine and Feyerabend] want to revise a version of positivism. Quine started with the Vienna Circle, and Feyerabend with the Copenhagen school of quantum mechanics. Both the Circle and the school have been called children of Ernst Mach; if so, the philosophies of Feyerabend and Quine must be his grandchildren."

"Revel in the Unraveling Being authentic is lifting the maskon who you think you should be seen as,and becoming at ease with your bare ass vulnerability.Revel in the unraveling,take courage in sharing your imperfections,and you'llincrease your loveexponentially."

"Forgiveness takes away the burdens of past."

"Seek opportunities to help and you will be a success"

"If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave."

"Love in the Afterlife [10w] Maybe I'll love you in the afterlife.This life, fuhgeddaboudit."

"Boundaries [10w] Receiving bribes blurs the clear boundaries between friends and enemies."

"We look for the Secret - the Philosopher's Stone, the Elixir of the Wise, Supreme Enlightenment, 'God' or whatever...and all the time it is carrying us about...It is the human nervous system itself."