"Perhaps humankind can't bear too much reality, but neither can it bear too much unreality, too much abuse of the truth." (Saul Bellow)
"448 OMAR KHAYYÁM Omar had a personality; I, for better or worse, have none. In an hour I’ll have strayed from what I am at this moment; tomorrow I’ll have forgotten what I am today. Those who are who they are, like Omar, live in just one world, the external one. Those who aren’t who they are, like me, live not only in the external world but also in a diversified, ever-changing inner world. Try as we might, we could never have the same philosophy as Omar’s. I harbour in me, like unwanted souls, the very philosophies I criticize. Omar could reject them all, for they were all external to him, but I can’t reject them, because they’re me." (F Pessoa)
"Mrs Glass looked over, abstractedly, at the blue bathmat, across the tiled floor. Zooey stood as still as possible, in order not to break her mood. 'You can't live in the world with such strong likes and dislikes,' Mrs Glass said to the bathmat, then turned again toward Zooey and gave him a long look, with very little, if any, morality in it. 'Regardless of what you may think, young man,' she said." (JD Salinger)
"Art only begins where imitation ends." (Oscar Wilde)
"'I like zooey's blog,' Steiner would say, 'It's the only internet site with a foyer. Saul and I often meet there, by the ethereal kiosk. The ice-cream is splendid.'" (ThetisMercurio)
"What is the use of telling people repeatedly that the Society is not a sect and then behave as if it were one?" (Steiner)
"Laughter means distance. Where laughter is absent, madness begins. The moment one takes the world with complete seriousness one is potentially insane." (Jens Bjørneboe)
"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you." (Oscar Wilde)
RT @LarsJacobsson: @kjellhaglund i sitt esse! Fortfarande den roligaste monarkifotknölssågningen. Skön läsning i dessa dagar av fjäsk. h ... 1 hour ago
Hette inte George Costanzas mor Estelle? Hon var också som en bjäbbig chihuahua. 1 hour ago
...dock absolut ej på en yorkshireterrier eller en schäfer. 1 hour ago
perfekt. Måste sluta blanda språk. Namnet funkar även på en chihuahua. RT @zzzooey Estelle är annars ett perfect namn på en bichon frisé. 1 hour ago
@wiremuhaua the crown princess named her baby Estelle. Sounds like a porn star... or a bichon frisé! Could be a chihuahua too. 1 hour ago
RT @philosophytweet: Touch not the flute when drums are sounding around; when fools have the word, the wise will be silent.- Johann Gott ... 1 hour ago
comments in swedish, norwegian, danish, english, german are very welcome and much appreciated; and even though I do understand some french, spanish, dutch and italian, I prefer the aforementioned five languages. As a side-note: I eat food, not anthroposophists. And I'm not half as evil as you might think.
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