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The revulsion from an unwanted self, and the impulse to forget it, mask it, slough it off and lose it, read more
The revulsion from an unwanted self, and the impulse to forget it, mask it, slough it off and lose it, produce both a readiness to sacrifice the self and a willingness to dissolve it by losing one's individual distinctness in a compact collective whole.
A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.
A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.
The only meaning of life worth caring about is one that can withstand our best efforts to examine it.
The only meaning of life worth caring about is one that can withstand our best efforts to examine it.
The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or read more
The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or holiness but because of his desperate need for something to hold onto.
There are plenty of people to whom the crucial problem of their lives never get presented in terms that they read more
There are plenty of people to whom the crucial problem of their lives never get presented in terms that they can understand.
Whatever begins to be tranquil is gobbled up by something not tranquil.
Whatever begins to be tranquil is gobbled up by something not tranquil.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.
You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.
A system in which the two great commandments were, to hate your
neighbour and to love your neighbour's wife.
A system in which the two great commandments were, to hate your
neighbour and to love your neighbour's wife.
