Make a man a fire and he'll be warm through the night.
Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty: the duty to take the consequences.
most of what you live is pure imagination : marriage, money, name, nationality, religion, job, etc. all are human inventions.
Those who listen only to what they want to hear, end up dancing with their own reflection - in the abyss.
We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
what makes the universe so hard to comprehend is that there is nothing to compare it with.
The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts.
-Ivan Illich
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