Much of that which passes for conversation these days is the lobbing of small bombs of dogma and little clots of banality at one another.
Dee Hock
Tag: wisdom
#120 – Lupton on Charity
Giving to those in need what they could be gaining from their own initiative may well be the kindest way to destroy people.
Robert Lupton
#109 – Pirsig on Religion
When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion.
Robert Pirsig
#106 – Bassey Johnson on Advice
A person is wise if he listens to millions of advice and doesn’t implement any of it.
Michael Bassey Johnson
86 – Singer – Surrender
The truth is, everything will be okay as soon as you are okay with everything.
Michael A. Singer
#84 – Silverstein, Addiction
“Well, that is that,” says Baba Fats, sitting back down on his stone, Facing another thousand years of talking to God, alone. “Yes, Lord, it’s always the same… old men or bright-eyed youth… It’s always easier to sell ’em some shit than it is to tell them the truth…”
Shel Silverstein
#81 – Rousseau on Society
Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
Rousseau
#80 – Bukowski on Work
Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job; it takes a wise man to make it without working.
Charles Bukowski
#73 – Murdoch on Marriage & Art
Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one’s luck.
Iris Murdoch
59 – Chamfort on Conversation
Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.
Nicolas Chamfort
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