I find the greatest hypocrisy in the matter of sex, followed by religion.
Scarcely a day passes when something doesn’t pinch me with this realization: What a goddamn idiot I must have been to make this mistake so far, or to not have known this, or that, until now. My, my, we don’t ever cease to learn.
All civilization is basically enslavement. Empowering slavery.
Those in command of themselves seldom need approval of others. And those that constantly seek it are seldom confident and secure.
When feeling miserable at being wronged, switch on your TV and see the crass injustice and brutality all around. Nature doesn’t give a damn for your feelings, nor did it conspire to hurt you!
Destiny: an excuse for inaction.
More people fail than they succeed. Yet few are trained to cope with failure in good grace, thus compounding the misery.
. Pursue perfection, not for success, but for satisfaction.
Truth: awesome, painful element of our reason. Naturally, most of us cannot stand it.
Religion helps facilitate our insensitivity towards human suffering and live selfishly without guilt by blaming it on God.