Tag: philosophy

There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind....

I didn’t want to do it,’ Kiala said. ‘The universe just kind of conspired to force me to make a fool of myself. It does that quite a lot, actually....

Call no man happy until he is dead....

Philosophers can debate the meaning of life, but you need a Lord who can declare the meaning of life....

But is all this true?” said Brutha.Didactylos shrugged. “Could be. Could be. We are here and it is now. The way I see it is, after that, everything tends towards guesswork.””You mean you don’t KNOW it’s true?” said Brutha.”I THINK it...

Bring the mind into sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere. The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought processes and even ordinary thought itself....

We can speak and think only of what exists. And what exists is uncreated and imperishable for it is whole and unchanging and complete. It was not or nor shall be different since it is now, all at once, one and...

This city belongs to ghosts, to murderers, to sleepwalkers. Where are you, in what bed, in what dream?...

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

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....