#philosophical

How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, the uncertainty of our existence and the countless enigmas which press upon us from all sides, everyone does not continually and ceaselessly philosophize, but that only the rarest of exceptions do. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#limitations #lucidity #philosophical #philosophy #life

That vice has often proved an emancipator of the mind, is one of the most humiliating, but, at the same time, one of the most unquestionable facts in history. ↗

— W.E.H. Lecky

#politics #wisdom #life

An amorous night is to approach a state of perfection that only two lovers can reach; you see this requires--no it demands, implores the deepest reverence, trust, insatiable desire, and mad lust for her. To worship her by abolishing the weakness of fear, the fear of betrayal, infidelity, the lack of reciprocation and bequeathing the body and soul to her, to worship her, to yearn and gain her unfettered permission to her body and soul, to accept the primal desires the animal needs that dwell inside, yet to have passion, tender love-making and violent sex all in the same night, as one--approaching this perfection is approaching heaven on earth. ↗

— Jack Serv

#love

Harry: "And what if I wave my wand and nothing happens?” Ron: “Throw it away and punch him on the nose. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#philosophical

In fine, a life of good or evil, the hope of Heaven or the despair of Hell, Faustus stands as a reminder that the choice between these two absolutes also falls to us. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#consequences #evil #evil-men #faust #faust-legend

We go to school so that when we grow up we can make lots of money, and we make lots of money so we can provide for our children, and we have children to provide for our retirement (because we don’t have any money left). ↗

— R.M. ArceJaeger

#philosophical #money

The Way of Mastery is to break all the rules—but you have to know them perfectly before you can do this; otherwise you are not in a position to transcend them. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#thelema #philosophical

The deepest and darkest dungeons that we are ever flung into are the dungeons of the mind ↗

— rassool jibraeel snyman

#motivational #philosophical #philosophical-musings #philosophiy-of-life #philosophy

Frustration is having a debate with a blind man on shades of red ↗

— rassool jibraeel snyman

#motivational #philosophical #philosophical-reflection #philosophy #philosopical-musings

I blame God for all the good things that happened in my life to spite him I will be good to others ↗

— rassool jibraeel snyman

#philosophical #philosophical-musings #philosophy #motivational