Religion is an illusion of childhood, outgrown under proper education.

Auguste Comte

Sex-appeal is the keynote of our whole civilisation.

Henri Bergson

The theory of knowledge which I wish to propose is a largely Darwinian theory of the growth of knowledge. From the amoeba to Einstein, the growth of knowledge is always the same: we try to solve our problems, and to obtain, by a process of elimination, something approaching adequacy in our tentative solutions ( Read more... )

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others

Marcus Aurelius

And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.

Lucretius

Philosophy poses the question: What should we do to have the best possible
lives? I'm afraid we haven't made much progress in arriving at an answer to this question.

Jacques Derrida

American Cities That Best Fit You:

70% Honolulu

65% Austin

60% Atlanta
55% Denver

55% Seattle

Which American Cities Best Fit You?

well so i am officially bored, now that dustin is gone,  so therefore i have decided that it will be a great month for me to catch up on some movies and books! i went and got the movie pass thing at blockbuster and so now i plan on watching all the movies that i possible can handle. i can only walk around blockbuster for so long looking for shit to ( Read more... )

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Rene Descartes

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

Salmon Rushdie

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

H. L. Mencken

It is thus clear that, just as some are by nature free, others are by nature
slaves, and for these latter the condition of slavery is both beneficial and
just.

Aristotle

The thought of suicide is a great source of comfort: with it a calm passage is to be made across many a bad night.

Friedrich Nietzsche

i want everyone who reads this to recommend a song or artist to me. one

that you like or just a song(artist) that you think that i might not heard

as of yet. or just an artist or song that you are in love with, that could include like

maybe your all time favorite or whatever.  you could just tell me anything you wanna

about music!

and to really ( Read more... )