Quote of the day

[attofishpi]

We see things as we are,
not as they are.
- Aanais Nin


We see things as they are,
not as they are.
- Andrew Seas

recursion comes to mind, so does infinite loop

[attofishpi]

Some can't see the forest for the trees, most can't see Christ for the Churches.

- Andrew Seas

[Gary Childress]

It's better to do evil than to do nothing.

Famous (or perhaps infamous) saying. Not sure I agree with it or not but it does set me to think about things. I guess it depends upon what one is referring to as "evil". If it's something trivial like doing a half-ass job at house painting in Austria, then not much of a problem. If it's on the scale of epic evil, then it's pretty problematic, I think.

[attofishpi]

It's better to do evil than to do nothing.

Famous (or perhaps infamous) saying. Not sure I agree with it or not but it does set me to think about things. I guess it depends upon what one is referring to as "evil". If it's something trivial like doing a half-ass job at house painting in Austria, then not much of a problem. If it's on the scale of epic evil, then it's pretty problematic, I think.

That quote definitely needs the context and perhaps the person that made it stated, maybe it was in a stand up routine.

Hitler was a bit of a nuisance, especially to the Jews.

[Dubious]

To know thyself may not be the best advice
When showing less of virtue and more of vice.

[Impenitent]

belated Bastille day

-Imp

[Dontaskme]

No thing is never seen. A seen thing can't see ~ DAM

[henry quirk]

"Good? Bad? I'm the guy with the gun." Ash, Evil Dead

[henry quirk]

"Well, I've got news for you pal, you ain't leadin' but two things, right now: Jack and shit...and Jack left town." Ash, Evil Dead

[attofishpi]

A great philosopher once wrote
Naughty, naughty, very noughty

- The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode

[attofishpi]

Accountability at the bottom starts at the top. Accountability at the top starts at the bottom.

Cultures who hate accountability, call it "snitching" instead of "civic duty".

[attofishpi]

Physics is how you describe what you see happening with reference to constants and variables of your choosing.

Metaphysics is what you are left with when you take the numbers away.

[Luxin]

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[Dubious]

To know thyself may not be the best advice
When showing less of virtue and more of vice.

Angel Dubious ... interesting quote, but one's true Self has no vice,
and is therefore worthy of being known.

The true self which lies at the root of each one is precisely what cannot be known as Jung himself affirmed. To think that someone can ever know that which is inherently impossible to know is not doing one's psyche any favors. What you know is what experience teaches; by that criteria we're all different.

[Walker]

Man has throughout the ages been seeking something beyond himself, beyond material welfare – something we call truth or God or reality, a timeless state – something that cannot be disturbed by circumstances, by thought or by human corruption.

Man has always asked the question: what is it all about? Has life any meaning at all? He sees the enormous confusion of life, the brutalities, the revolts, the wars, the endless divisions of religion, ideology and nationality, and with a sense of deep abiding frustration he asks, what is one to do, what is this thing we call living, is there anything beyond it?

And not finding this nameless thing of a thousand names which he has always sought, he has cultivated faith – faith in a savior or an ideal – and faith invariably breeds violence.

- Jiddu Krishnamurti