Morality, thou deadly bane,Thy tens o' thousands thou has slain!

Morality, thou deadly bane,Thy tens o' thousands thou has slain!

All rising to great place is by winding stair.

All rising to great place is by winding stair.

The supreme irony of life is that no one gets out of it alive.

The supreme irony of life is that no one gets out of it alive.

Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.

Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.

I'd rather be dead than cool.

I'd rather be dead than cool.

Without speculation there is no good and original observation.

Without speculation there is no good and original observation.

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.

Please accept my resignation. I don't want to belong to any club
that will accept me as a member.

Please accept my resignation. I don't want to belong to any club
that will accept me as a member.

To our real, naked selves there is not a thing on earth or in heaven worth dying for. It is read more

To our real, naked selves there is not a thing on earth or in heaven worth dying for. It is only when we see ourselves as actors in a staged (and therefore unreal) performance that death loses its frightfulness and finality and becomes an act of make-believe and a theatrical gesture. It is one of the main tasks of a real leader to mask the grim reality of dying and killing by evoking in his followers the illusion that they are participating in a grandiose spectacle, a solemn or lighthearted dramatic performance.