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It's daft, locking us up," said Nanny. "I'd have had us killed." "That's because you're basically good," said Magrat. "The good are innocent and create justice. The bad are guilty, which is why they invent mercy. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#ethics #evil #good #philosophy-of-science #sociology

A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve by lifting up his thoughts. ↗

— James Allen

#new-thought #science-of-mind #science

These mysteries about how we evolved should not distract us from the indisputable fact that we did evolve. ↗

— Jerry A. Coyne

#conclusion-before-evidence #confessions-of-the-darwinists #conjecture #darwin #darwinism

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#life

Il ne fait aucun doute pour moi que la sagesse est le but principal de la vie et c'est pourquoi je reviens toujours aux stoïciens. Ils ont atteint la sagesse, on ne peut donc plus les appeler des philosophes au sens propre du terme. De mon point de vue, la sagesse est le terme naturel de la philosophie, sa fin dans les deux sens du mot. Une philosophie finit en sagesse et par là même disparaît. ↗

— Emil Cioran

#stoicism #wisdom #life

Ho there, it ignites! ↗

— Nicole Sager

#humor #ignispat #nathaniel #nicole-sager #humor

You're living your days at the moment how a sheep grazes, meandering, not engaged with anything much. ↗

— Nikki Gemmell

#direction #purpose-of-life #life

Steadfast Seas and Mountains The lofty mountains and the seas, Being mountains, being seas, Both exist and are real. But frail as flowers are the lives of men, Passing phantoms of this world. ↗

— Reiko Chiba

#passage-of-time #life

LIfe is just a game of chance, a dance with fate if you let it be so. Or you could chose to play by your rules to win. ↗

— Steven Redhead

#dance #fate #game-of-chance #life #play

Good begets good; evil begets evil; and even if the good you give is met by evil, you have no choice but to go on giving better than you get. Otherwise-and these were Willy's exact words-why bother to go on living? ↗

— Paul Auster

#life