Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future. |
Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. |
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. |
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. |
Something cannot emerge from nothing. |
The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid hitting a rabbit on the road. Being sentimental is when the same driver, when swerving away from the rabbit, hits a pedestrian. |
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action. |
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action. |
The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger. |
The Road to Dune |
The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent. |
The undeserving maintain power by promoting hysteria |
There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover |
There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our ancestors. |
There’s no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves |