#wisdom

"Any man filled with empathy is capable of gaining valuable insights on the human condition through the suffering of others. You do not need to suffer to know suffering, but you need empathy first to identify and feel the suffering of others around you."

"One of the most productive ways a government can spend money on the people is by building more prisons. That’s what makes the US so great. That’s what freedom is all about."

"He hated when his own advice applied to himself."

"I know a girl from whose body sunbeams rose to the clouds as if they’d fallen from the sun.Her laugh was like a bangle of bells. “Your hair is wet,” I told her one day, “Did you take a bath?” “It is dew!” she laughed, “I’ve been lying in the grass. All morning long, I lay here waiting for the dawn."

"A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding."

"Oh, come with old Khayyàm, and leave the Wise To talk; one thing is certain, that Life flies; One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies; The Flower that once has blown forever dies."

"Knowledgeable [10w] The knowledgeable man inventoried and catalogued everything he doesn't know."

"Object of Desire A woman knows she's the object of a unknown man's desirelike a game animal becoming aware it is being looked at."

"Put it All on Black' [10w] God doesn't play dice with the universe;He prefers roulette."

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect)."

"Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same."

"Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect."

"Let discernment be your trustee, and mistakes your teacher."

"Share your love, share you happiness, care for others; your wealth will be endless."

"I think eulogies are wasted on the dead. It’s the living who need to hear kind words spoken about them."

"The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world."

"Narcissist, Assholes and Immunization Narcissists and assholes are immunized by their egos and sense of entitlement against the criticisms, grievances and resentments of others."

"California Haiku "After my boob jobI'm taking acting lessons.Fuck's fifty, no anal."

"Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill because they pissed me off!"

"Birds [10w] When a bird wakens, flight is no longer a dream."