"The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people."

-- Mark Twain

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“Tolkien understood about the things that happen after the end. Because this is after the end, this is all the Scouring of the Shire, this is figuring out how to live in the time that wasnâ€™t supposed to happen after the glorious last stand. I saved the world, or I think I did, and look, the world is still here, with sunsets and interlibrary loans. And it doesnâ€™t care about me any more than the Shire cared about Frodo.”
“If you look good, are in good health, and feel good about yourself, then you'll be more productive at work, you will be happier in your relationships with your friends and your family, and consequently, you will be a more productive, contributing member of society, making the world a better place for all. And, it all starts by working on yourself.”
“My music is just about story telling. I don't have much to say, and I'm not trying to change anyone's mind. I'm just singing through conviction about what I love and what I care about, starting with the very small.”
“Our acts our angels are, for good or ill, our fatal shadows that walk by us still.”
“The most unsuccessful three years in the education of cost estimators appears to be fifth-grade arithmetic.”
“Enter the writing process with a childlike sense of wonder and discovery. Let it surprise you.”
“Why are we honoring this man? Have we run out of human beings?”
“Nihilism is not an existential quandary but a speculative opportunity.”

Source : Ray Brassier (2007). “Nihil Unbound: Naturalism and Anti-Phenomenological Realism”, Palgrave Macmillan

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