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“I’d rather be an unknown book in the library of time, than a bestseller in the store of mankind.”
― The Library of Time
― The Library of Time
“When people are to busy to survive they forget to live.”
― Various Messages
― Various Messages
“Mankind’s biggest tragedy is apathy. The settlement with inequality, wars, and madness is the mirror of it.”
― Various Messages
― Various Messages
“On sunny days of summer,
I am indeed the butterfly;
And like the ancient drummer,
I rhythm straight towards the sky...”
― The Rising Lines of Wonderment: Poetry
I am indeed the butterfly;
And like the ancient drummer,
I rhythm straight towards the sky...”
― The Rising Lines of Wonderment: Poetry
“Life is a joke, even though it is not always funny.”
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“You can’t make it to God without interacting with the devil.
'The Adventures of Catrine and the Devil II”
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'The Adventures of Catrine and the Devil II”
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“There is no amount of money, and there is neither gold nor silver, nor any treasure trove that can compensate a soul for the loss of love.”
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“The way to salvation begins with self realization”
― The Library of Time
― The Library of Time
“Every law has a mirror.
The reflection of primitive law is religion,
But the reflection of divine law is literature.”
― The Library of Time
The reflection of primitive law is religion,
But the reflection of divine law is literature.”
― The Library of Time
“Anarchy is merely the illusion of liberty.”
― The Balance of Justice
― The Balance of Justice
“Free will is a gift, not a burden”
― The Library of Time
― The Library of Time
“It is better to be a moral ignoramus than an immoral intellectual.”
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“The chief vestige of subjectivity is the fallacy that everybody else also cares about the same things as the observer, and/or lives in his/her exact same state of mind”
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“Oh but you wouldn’t believe,
This book is the fruit of knowledge from Eden;
It was written once by Adam and Eve,
After it was forbidden”
― The Library of Time
This book is the fruit of knowledge from Eden;
It was written once by Adam and Eve,
After it was forbidden”
― The Library of Time
“When the shadows shroud the woods,
And the mountains are empty and bare;
I am flying with the crow...”
― The Rising Lines of Wonderment: Poetry
And the mountains are empty and bare;
I am flying with the crow...”
― The Rising Lines of Wonderment: Poetry
“The chief drawbacks of intellectualism are lack of compassion, glib talk, and vain pride.”
― 11 Pearls of Wisdom: Various Messages II
― 11 Pearls of Wisdom: Various Messages II
“Why was the meeting between the Americans and the Russians so tensed?
Because nobody knows what Vladimir Put In Barbara’s Bush!
From 'Walk On By II”
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Because nobody knows what Vladimir Put In Barbara’s Bush!
From 'Walk On By II”
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“If you wish to slay a dragon you must charm it first.”
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“To hear her name I truly yearn,
My heart is crying out;
The sense of love I wish to earn,
Without a second doubt.”
― The Rising Lines of Wonderment: Poetry
My heart is crying out;
The sense of love I wish to earn,
Without a second doubt.”
― The Rising Lines of Wonderment: Poetry
“The Jungle Law is a law without exceptions. Only the strong survives. Animals are following it, human societies are following it. It is the law of the beast, and it knows neither reason nor compassion”
― The Balance of Justice
― The Balance of Justice
“The source of beauty in a man,
It is humbleness and grace;
Equality is the pearl of a king,
Justice his scepter;
Salvation is his crown.”
― Mythopia
It is humbleness and grace;
Equality is the pearl of a king,
Justice his scepter;
Salvation is his crown.”
― Mythopia
“I do have a religion; it’s just not an ordinary one. In fact it is an extraordinary one. My religion is Literature.”
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“It is better to lose riches than to lose sense of humor”
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“When the Earth was just a child,
He searched for his mother Venus;
And for his father Mars,
But they were not home;
They were gone elsewhere,
Out there, in the great expanse;
Beyond the breathing universe.”
― Mythopia
He searched for his mother Venus;
And for his father Mars,
But they were not home;
They were gone elsewhere,
Out there, in the great expanse;
Beyond the breathing universe.”
― Mythopia
“No one can defeat destiny,
But everyone can make peace with it.
At the same length:
No one can outsmart destiny,
But everyone can reason with it.”
― The Library of Time
But everyone can make peace with it.
At the same length:
No one can outsmart destiny,
But everyone can reason with it.”
― The Library of Time
“The fact that Man is Nature’s perverse instantiation can only lead to the appalling conclusion that Man, too, is some kind of an artificial intelligence”
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“When a basic human need becomes a taboo, it is only a matter of time before it turns into a hideous industry.”
― Aunt Jante Needs You!
― Aunt Jante Needs You!
“What can a man read in a library of cannibals?
Bloody books bound by bones in tissues’ paper.”
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Bloody books bound by bones in tissues’ paper.”
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