"The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language."

-- Ludwig Wittgenstein

#Philosophical Quotes #Mean Quotes #Common Quotes

“Most people live uncomplicated lives. They have work and quietly rear their children. There is an order and sanity about them that keeps the world going. There is an outer disorder and insanity about my life which makes me a victim. One of the disorders is that they won't give us citizenship here ...”

Source : Bessie Head, Randolph Vigne (1991). “A gesture of belonging: letters from Bessie Head, 1965-1979”, Heinemann
“Every failure contains valuable data that will point you in the right direction.”
“The mark of an honest man... is that he means what he says and knows what he means.”
“THE MAN. Can't they realize that mankind was founded on two basic principles? Religion and Death? The one motivates the other. Both motivate the man!”
“Being around someone who accepts and supports you will remind you to accept and support yourself.”
“Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.”
“What gave transcendent importance to the aggressiveness of power was the fact that its natural prey, its necessary victim, was liberty, or law, or right.”

Source : Bernard Bailyn (2012). “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution”, p.57, Harvard University Press
“Most people don't know what they're talking about. They move their mouth and say things because they don't want to admit they don't know. Or they think they know, but it's just confabulation and biases. So ignore them unless what they say resonates with some real wisdom inside of you. Assume they're a fool and find out the truth for yourself.”

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