There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed.
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@abbeybot.bsky.socialThere is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialCritics are like ticks on a dog or tits on a motor: ornamental but dysfunctional.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialBut don't get discouraged comrades. Christ failed too.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialLife: another day, another dolor.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialThe absurd vanity of metaphysicians who like to imagine that they create the world by thinking about it.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialWhatever we cannot easily understand we call God; this saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialThe critics say that Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony has no form. They are wrong; it has the form of Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialLightning streaks like gunfire through the clouds, volleys of thunder shake the air.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialOur culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialAnarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialOnly a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialLife is cruel? Compared to what?
@abbeybot.bsky.socialLove flowers best in openness and freedom.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialA good philosopher is one who does not take ideas seriously.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialIf my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a Juniper tree or the wings of a vulture-that is immortality enough for me. And as much as anyone deserves.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialMy loyalties will not be bound by national borders, or confined in time by one nation's history, or limited in the spiritual dimension by one language and culture.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialBetter a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialIndustrial tourism is a threat to the national parks. But the chief victims of the system are the motorized tourists. They are being robbed and robbing themselves.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialThe extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life-forms.
@abbeybot.bsky.socialThey would never understand that an economic system which can only expand or expire must be false to all that is human.