#hi

Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and the thing observed. ↗

— John Searle

#concerned #conscious #distinction #observation #observed

Destiny is a lie. Destiny is justification for atrocity. It is the means by which murderers armour themselves against reprimand. It is a word intended to stand in place of ethics, denying all moral context. ↗

— Steven Erikson

#interest #life #philosophical #life

Existence is beyond the power of words To define: Terms may be used But are none of them absolute. In the beginning of heaven and earth there were no words, Words came out of the womb of matter; And whether a man dispassionately Sees to the core of life Or passionately Sees the surface, The core and the surface Are essentially the same, Words making them seem different Only to express appearance. If name be needed, wonder names them both: From wonder into wonder Existence opens. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#life

When you get to your mid-20s, you start to feel responsibilities for the things that you do and the people around you. It's a cool age. ↗

— Eliza Dushku

#age #around #feel #get #people

We are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past, and no amount of education gleaned from our propensity for self-destruction and misguided thinking ever teaches us anything. Not anything that we remember for more than a generation or two. I think maybe we learn a few things each time that we don't forget. A few things that stick with us. It's just hard to pass those things on to those who come after us because if they didn't live through it, they don't view it the same way we do. If you don't experience something firsthand, it's a lot harder to accept. Terry Brooks, Bearers of the Black Staff, p 89 ↗

— Terry Brooks

#education

Don't ever have children, Tyler, unless you're ready to be afraid everyday for the rest of your life. ↗

— Joe Hill

#life

Her face felt like it was scattered in pieces and she could not keep it straight. The feeling was a whole lot worse than being hungry for any dinner, yet it was like that. I want--I want--I want--was all that she could think about--but just what this real want was she did no know. ↗

— Carson McCullers

#discontentment #humanity #improvement #life #longing

It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial means. Thus we suppress the child's curiosity and then when he lacks a natural interest in learning he is offered special coaching for his scholastic coaching for his scholastic difficulties. ↗

— Alice Duer Miller

#education #fire #suppression #education

DESTINY (Determined Effort So Tanacious It Negates Yuck) ↗

— Frank Chase Jr.

#healing #journey #life #manhood #masculinity

Some people like living in black and white worlds. Let them stay there. Appreciate all the colors you see in your world though. ↗

— Ashly Lorenzana

#black #colors #humanity #individuality #life