These were either on tumblr, or I found ‘em myself. Please enjoy.
Every time we think we have certitude, we stop thinking, and the only way to remain mentally alive is to recognize the profound depths of our own ignorance and uncertainty.
— Robert Anton Wilson
How do we make music the robots will understand?
— overheard at PJ’s Lager House, Detroit, MI on February 15 2018
“Jesus Christ,” he said, “no wonder you’re such a cynic, you’re a goddamned mystic in disguise.”
— The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley
Love is hot, but truth is molten.
— Donovan, Barabajagal (1969)
All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
— Buddha
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
— George Eliot
Science is a way of talking about the universe in words that bind it to a common reality. Magic is a method of talking to the universe in words that it cannot ignore.
— Neil Gaiman, The Books of Magic
Know the world in yourself. Never look for yourself in the world, for this would be to project your illusion.
— Proverb from the Temple of Luxor, Egypt
Faith in God should make men better, not lead their reason astray.
— Eliphas Levi
