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Friedrich Nietzsche voyait dans l'homme « l'espèce dont le type n'est pas encore fixé ». Si les humains ne justifiaient nullement une telle appréciation – moins en tout cas que la plupart des espèces animales –, elle ne s'applique pas davantage aux néo-humains qui prirent leur suite. On peut même dire que ce qui nous caractérise le mieux, par rappo
... See moreMichel Houellebecq • La possibilité d'une île (French Edition)
the preservation of property entails a great many unavoidable anxieties.
Arthur Schopenhauer • The Wisdom of Life
with times changing... "what everybody knows is true turns out to be what some people used to think"
ursula k le guin
CHIAO HUNG says, “The previous 5,000 words all explain ‘the Tao of not accumulating,’ what Buddhists call ‘nonattachment.’ Those who empty their mind on the last two lines will grasp most of Lao-tzu’s text.
Red Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
“To the youngster talking nonsense Zeno said, ‘The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is so we might listen more and talk less.’ ” —DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 7.1.23
Ryan Holiday • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Featuring new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius
HAN FEI says, “Most people use their mind recklessly. Recklessness means waste, and waste means exhaustion. Sages use their mind calmly. Calmness means carefulness, and carefulness means economy. Economy is an art born of an understanding of the Tao. Those who know how to govern others calm their thoughts. Those who know how to care for Heaven clea
... See moreRed Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
The public is much more interested in the material than in the form.
Arthur Schopenhauer • Essays and Aphorisms (Classics)
hesitate and weigh your words when their work succeeds let people think they did it
Red Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.