A great part of human suffering has its root in the nature of man, and not in that of his institutions.
Religions are the training wheels of self enlightenment. They can be helpful in the beginning but at some point they must be let go.
Now with the allocation and the understanding of the lack of understanding, we enter into a new era of science in which we feel nothing more than so much so as to say that those within themselves, comporary or non-comporary, will figuratively figure into the folding of our non-understanding and our partial understanding to the networks of which we all draw our source and conclusions from.
We're all just memories of our future selves.
Feel not as though it is a sphere we live on. Rather, an infinite plane which has the illusion of leading yourself back to the point of origin.
If you pay attention to the world, it’s an amazing place. If you don’t, it’s whatever you think it is.
I like that feeling of discombobulation that comes in creating an absurd world that doesn't make sense.
The Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger (tutor to Nero) complained that his peers were wasting time and money accumulating too many books, admonishing that "the abundance of books is a distraction. " Instead, Seneca recommended focusing on a limited number of good books, to be read thoroughly and repeatedly.
I'll do a cappella stuff, rock 'n' roll and swing stuff.
I might really have gone round the bend. I mean people who get visions and see a gigantic light descend on them from the sky can't be all there but if so I feel mighty happy. If one is happy and cracked it's much better than being unhappy and sane.
It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.