"On the first day, I gave up my vices; and on the second, I killed myself for my life became someoneelse's, my goals became someoneelse's, I lived for my neighbour and he lived for me but he did not live for what I had lived--my vices"
"If money is a vice, then must poverty be a virtue? If it is then I choose the vices"
"You make a poor foul an outcast for a natural act like pillowing, but when two converts behave unnaturally--yes, even treacherously--when I seek your help, urgent help---and I'm your friend---you only make 'suggestions'. You understand the seriousness of this, neh?"---Toranaga, from Shogun.
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."--Lord Action
"Surely, you've seen through that particular stupidity. I mean the one that claims the pig is the symbol of love for humanity----the creature that accepts anything. As a matter of fact, the person who loves everybody and feels at home everywhere is the true hater of mankind. He expects nothing of men, so no form of depravity can outrage him"----Wynard, from The Fountainhead
“The essence of every great man is his ability to lie”.
"True rage cannot be destroyed, merely stored or released. True rage cannot be released at the time when the event causing the rage occurs, for the feeling of rage takes time to be digested. Your brain in the first moments of rage protects itself. It builds fences around itself to protect its well-being—your sanity. After the emotion is digested, and always after the event, your limitations and insecurities take hold. Then you feel overwhelmed, worthless, vapid, and unable to fully react. So you store the rage, and it builds up. After a while, you build enough of this rage to overwhelm the fences of your brain and then you wait for the spark. It is almost palpable when the rage has built up enough for the brain’s defenses. Everything suddenly feels translucent and clear. You sneer, you invite the spark and yet deep down you whittle at the thought of the explosion of the rage. You are still confused, you are still overwhelmed, but you have power. " --- Me; from my novel-- wait for it in 1.5 years
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