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I am a ridiculous person (FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY)

…Then sensuality was soon begotten, sensuality begot jealousy, jealousy--cruelty . . . Oh, I don't know, I don't remember; but soon, very soon...

19 February, 2023

In place of the best man take the one least bad! (SENECA)

Nothing, however, gives the mind so much pleasure as fond and faithful friendship. What a blessing it is to have those to whose...

18 February, 2023

Then what has been the reason for all of this? (LEO BUSCAGLIA)

Spring had passed. So had Summer. Freddie, the leaf, had grown large. His mid section was wide and strong, and his five extensions...

17 February, 2023

One can only observe oneself in relationship. (JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI)

Why don't we change? We may change a little bit, here and there, in patches, but why do we not fundamentally change our...

16 February, 2023

Twilight (GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE)

Brushed by the shadows of the dead On the grass where day expires Columbine strips bare admires her body in the pond instead     A charlatan of twilight...

15 February, 2023

Free Will . How much of it? (OSHO)

Mohammed had a disciple named Ali. Ali once asked Mohammed’s opinion about whether a man is independent and free to do what he...

14 February, 2023

And after reflecting on it for a long time (CICERO)

Often and much have I pondered the question of whether fluency of speech and a consuming devotion to eloquence have brought more good...

13 February, 2023

The greatest enemies to solitude. (MANDEVILLE)

I cannot see why this love of company, this strong desire after society, should be construed so much our favour and alleged as...

12 February, 2023

But no, at the end they are nothing but cackling hens (WILHELM REICH)

Do you know, Little Man, how an eagle would feel if he were hatching chickens’ eggs? At first the eagle thinks that he...

11 February, 2023

La diete des aliments nous rend la sante du corps, et celle des hommes la tranquillite de l’ame. [Bernardin de St. Pierre – (Α. SCHOPENHAUER)]

Moreover, gregariousness can also be regarded as a kind of mutual mental warming of men similar to the bodily warmth which they produce...

10 February, 2023