attronoctis

“Some people need a poke in the eye to show them the right direction, others simply need pointing in the right direction. It is a question of having the wisdom to know when to point and when to poke.”
― Geoff Thompson, The Art of Fighting without Fighting: Techniques in Personal Threat Evasion by Geoff Thompson (25-Sep-1998) Paperback

“The idea that sincerity may substitute for reason is founded on an egocentric attitude towards belief: that what I believe is all about me, not about reality.”
― Jamie Whyte, Bad Thoughts: A Guide to Clear Thinking

“A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war: wide-awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. Going to knowledge or going to war in any other manner is a mistake, and whoever makes it might never live to regret it”
― Carlos Castaneda, The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa