We have not created the heavens and the earth and everything in between except for a purpose. And the Hour is certain to come, so forgive graciously.
15:85 Quran
“When masturbation’s lost its fun you’re fuckin lazy”
— Greenday, Long View
"LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?"
From Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.
"There is no struggle too vast, no odds too overwhelming, for even should we fail - should we fall - we will know that we have lived." —Anomander Rake
From Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen.
Dead men are heavier than broken hearts.
From The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler.
We growing wiser, or are we just growing tall?
Intelligence is the ability to understand and predict things.
Wisdom is the tendency to make decisions that turn out well.
I figure by that definition knowledge, conditioned responses, muscle memory, perspective, commitment to certain values, beliefs, it’s all part of wisdom.
I always heard it as "intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad."
Survival is insufficient
Don't do what you think you have to do... only do what you absolutely must do
“There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.” Harry S. Truman
“Rhymes is made of garlic”
— Ghostface Killa
“Anything that detracts from enjoying yourself is to be avoided.”
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