If subjects must never resist, it follows that every prince, without any effort, policy, or violence, is at once rendered absolute and uncontrollable.
David HumeDavid Hume The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
EpictetusEpictetus It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien The meaning of life is that it stops.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
PlatoPlato There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard Bury the dead. Say Robinson Crusoe was true to life. Well then Friday buried him. Every Friday buries a Thursday if you come to look at it.
James JoyceJames Joyce Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I’ve said before, bugs in amber.
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