…Should they not attain their aim, should the veil of deception be torn, the give way to all the greater fury’
-Friedrich Nietzsche, ‘Human, All Too Human’ #341, 1878
‘Very conceited persons, whom have received less consideration than they expected, attempt for a long time to deceive themselves and others with regard to it, and become subtle psychologists in order to make out that they have been amply honored...
‘People will do the basest things on account of their so-called honor.’ - Arthur
T.H. White. ‘The Once and Future King’
‘Merlin always said that sportsmanship was the curse of the world, and so it is.’ - Arthur
T.H. White. ‘The Once and Future King’
‘One will seldom go wrong if one attributes extreme actions to vanity, average ones to habit, and petty ones to fear.’
-Friedrich Nietsche, ‘Human, All Too Human’ # 74
- Friedrich Nietsche. ‘Human, All to Human’, #49
‘In all great deceivers one thing is noteworthy… their belief in themselves; it is this, then, which speaks to wonderfully and persuasively to the spectators. … For men believe in themselves truth of everything that is visibly, strongly believed in.
- Friedrich Nietsche, ‘Human, All to Human’, #52
‘that exhibition of a friendly disposition in intercourse, that smiling eye, that clasp of the hand, that cheerfulness with which almost all human actions are usually accompanied. … The sum of all these small doses is nevertheless mighty, their united force is amongst the strongest forces’
…and this guarantees nothing for knowledge but itself, just as strong faith proves only it’s strength and not the truth of what is believed in.
-Friedrich Nietzsche, ‘Human, all too human’
…a feeling is deep because we think the accompanying thought is deep. But the ‘deep’ thought can nevertheless be very far from the truth, as, for instance, every metaphysical one; if one takes away from the deep feeling the commingled elements of thought, then the strong feeling remains…
(Philosophers) think that with deep feelings one can approach the internal and approach the heart of Nature. But these feelings are only deep in so far as along with them, hardly noticeable, certain complicated groups of thoughts, which we call deep, are regularly excited;…
Man tries to make for himself, in the fashion that suits him best, a simplified and intelligent picture of the world; he then tries to some extent to substitute this cosmos of his for the world of experience, and thus to overcome it.
- Albert Einstein. ‘Principles of research’ 1918
‘Nothing is boring if you are aware of it. It may be irritating, but it is not boring. If it is pleasant the pleasure will not fail so long as you are aware of it. Being awake is the hardest work the soul can do’ -Ursula K. Le Guin. ‘Solitude’
‘Solitude is noncommunication, the absence of others, the presence of a self sufficient to itself.’ — Ursula K LeGuin, ‘Solitude’
…There’s the terrible thing: the strangeness of the stranger.” - Ursula K Le Guin. “Nine Lives”
“It is hard to meet a stranger. Even the greatest extrovert meeting even the meekest stranger knows a certain dread, though he may not know he knows it. Will he make a fool of me wreck my image of myself invade me destroy me change me? Will he be different from me? Yes, that he will…
"...yet we may rest assured that without the tireless efforts of those who are concerned with the welfare of humanity as a whole, the lot of mankind would be still worse than in fact it even now is." — Albert Einstein, receiving the "One World Award", Carnegie Hall, April 27, 1948
"All of us who are concerned for peace and the triumph of reason and justice must today be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good-will exert upon events in the political field. But however that may be, and whatever fate may be in store for us..."
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
So... Poor Things?
Congratulations!
I am insofar as I can be. When I have gatherings of 4 or more, such as my 11 person guy retreat this weekend, there's not a lot of other options. But for 1 or 2 person travel, I always go hotel.
Oh, sure. You say that now, but next thing you know your dragons are firebombing my house!
@juliusgoat.bsky.social
This is so not because of the governmental proclamation that 'all men are created equal & endowed with inalienable rights,' but because of the more fundamental Christian philosophy of the brotherhood of man."
- Official Manual with the Doctrines and Disciplines of the Church of God in Christ. 1973.
"the concern for involvement in and dedication to the principles of equality of rights, justice and opportunity in all segments of our society should be considered as a basic and internal part of the every day Christian ministry of all members of the Church...
- Albert Einstein. Mein Weltbild, Amsterdam: Querido Verlag. 1934
"...formerly it was enough for a man to have freed himself to some extent from personal egoism to make him a valuable member of society, today he must also be required to overcome national and class egoism. Only if he reaches those heights can he contribute toward improving the lot of humanity."
Back when the last of the extended editions came out, I had people over for breakfast, Fellowship, lunch, Towers, Dinner, Return. It was a long, long day, but glorious.
