The philosopher Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king. Said Aristippus, "If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils."Said Diogenes, "Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.
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We have been born into a certain Culture, at a certain phase of its organic development, we have certain gifts. These condition the earthly task which we must perform. The metaphysical task is beyond any conditioning, for it would have been the same in any age anywhere. The earthly task is merely the form of the higher task, its organic vehicle.
Francis Parker Yockey
You almost have to step outside yourself and look at you as if you were someone else you really care about and really want to protect. Would you let someone take advantage of that person? Would you let someone use that person you really care about? Or would you speak up for them? If it was someone else you care about, you'd say something. I know you would. Okay, now put yourself back in that body. That person is you. Stand up and tell 'em, "Enough!
Queen Latifah
[Reliija]. o providenci vienkrais cilvks nevar iedomties citdi k vien rkrtgi kpint tva person. Tikai tds var zint cilvkbrna vajadzbas, to var atmaidzint ar savm lgsnm, remdt ar savas uzticbas zmm. Tas viss ir tik acmredzami infantili, tik sves stenbai, ka filantropiski noskaotajam kst spgi domt, ka vairums mirstgo nekad nepacelsies virs s dzves izpratnes.
Sigmund Freud
...Human thought has no limit. At its risk and peril, it analyzes and dissects its own fascination. We could almost say that, by a sort of splendid reaction, it fascinates nature; the mysterious world surrounding us returns what it receives; it is likely that contemplators are contemplated.
Victor Hugo
