Michael Tranchina

“It is a self-deception of philosophers and moralists to imagine that they escape decadence by opposing it. That is beyond their will; and, however little they acknowledge it, one later discovers that they were among the most powerful promoters of decadence.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power

“The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.”
― Carl Jung

“Intelligence is based on how efficient a species became at doing the things they need to survive.”
― Charles Darwin

“One of the best ways of repressing emotions is artificial certainty.”
― Stefan Molyneux