"â€¦the samurai ethic is a political science of the heart, designed to control such discouragement and fatigue in order to avoid showing them to others. It was thought more important to look healthy than to be healthy, and more important to seem bold and daring than to be so. This view of morality, since it is physiologically based on the special vanity peculiar to men, is perhaps the supreme male view of morality."

-- Yukio Mishima

#Heart Quotes #Men Quotes #Vanity Quotes

“Theater is a dance of a different kind, a dance of rawness and characters stripped down.”
“The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation.”

Source : Neale Donald Walsch (2005). “The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue”, p.35, Penguin
“It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.”
“I was an ignored guy and have been for many years. But I suppose I became well-known after being ignored. After the release of the CDs and LPs, especially the LPs, people like it. I was impressed.”
“The tools of social networking: These are the digital campfires around which the audience gathers to hear our story.”
“To enjoy each breathing day, you have to set time aside to play.”
“You know what they say the modern version of Pascal's Wager is? Sucking up to as many Transhumanists as possible, just in case one of them turns into God.”

Source : Greg Egan (2009). “Crystal Nights and Other Stories”, Subterranean
“Good grief. If we canâ€™t laugh at ourselves, and at one another, in good spirit and without malice, then what fun can be left? If we must withhold all ribbing in the name of protecting everyoneâ€™s feelings, then we truly are a toothless society. We will reach what I call â€œthe lowest common denominator of butthurt.”

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