“It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war.”
― The Book of Five Rings
― The Book of Five Rings
“Why do you think there are no gods on Mount Olympus now? They killed themselves, that’s why. They were terminally bored.”
― Nietzsche: The God of Groundhog Day
― Nietzsche: The God of Groundhog Day
“And when I think my thinking rouses me to blame he who created me, And I gave peace to my children for they are in the bliss of the abyss
Which surpasses all the pleasures of the world,
And had they been born they would’ve endured misery”
― The Quatrains of Abu'l-Ala: Selected From His "Lozum-Ma-La-Yalzam" And "Sact-Uz-Zind" And Now First Translated Into English
Which surpasses all the pleasures of the world,
And had they been born they would’ve endured misery”
― The Quatrains of Abu'l-Ala: Selected From His "Lozum-Ma-La-Yalzam" And "Sact-Uz-Zind" And Now First Translated Into English
“This crime was by my father done -To me, but never by me to one." (in regards to life and being born)”
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“In searching for the causes of war, don’t overlook boredom.”
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