Garrett Walker

“Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry or don’t marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the essence of all philosophy.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

“The hero of yesterday becomes the tyrant of tomorrow, unless he crucifies himself today.”
― Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces

“103.—Those who know their minds do not necessarily know their hearts.”
― François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

“At once he became an enigma. One side or the other of his nature was perfectly comprehensible; but both sides together were bewildering.”
― Jack London, The Sea Wolf