Quotes to think about
Quotes to think about
"Lupus est homo homini, non homo, quom qualis sit non novit."
(A man is a wolf rather than a man to another man, when he hasn't yet found out what he's like.)
-- Plautus, ca. 184 BCE
"I don't know what you mean by 'glory' ," Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't -- till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you!' "
"But glory doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument'," Alice objected.
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "who is to be master -- that's all."
-- Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking Glass"
"Oderint, dum metuant."
(Let them hate, so long as they fear.)
-- Accius, 170 - 90 BCE
"If everybody minded their own business," said the Duchess in a hoarse growl, "the world would go round a deal faster than it does."
-- Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
"Odi profanum vulgus et arceo."
(I hate the unholy masses [of people] and I keep away from them.)
-- Horace, 65 - 8 BCE
"The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people do not like that statement, but few can argue it."
-- Kenneth V. Lanning, FBI Report on Occult Crime, Oct. 1989
"Disputandi pruritus ecclesiarum scabies."
(The itch of disputing will prove the scab of churches.)
-- Sir Henry Wotton, 1568 - 1639
"The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844 - 1900
"Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter neccessitatem."
(No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary.)
-- attr. William Occam, c.1280 - 1349
"Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844 - 1900
"Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt."
(Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish.)
-- Julius Caesar, 102? - 44 BCE
"Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!"
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844 - 1900
"Fiat justitia et pereat mundus."
(Let justice be done, even if the world will perish.)
-- Emperor Ferdinand I, 1503 - 1564
"Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n."
-- John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667)
"Nemo me impune lacessit."
(No one provokes me with impunity.)
-- Motto of the Crown of Scotland and of all Scottish regiments
"I'm sure I didn't mean--" Alice was beginning, but the Red Queen interrupted her impatiently.
"That's just what I complain of! You should have meant! What do you suppose is the use of a child without any meaning?"
-- Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking Glass"
"Nil posse creari de nilo."
(Nothing can be created out of nothing.)
-- Lucretius, c.94 - 55 BCE
"With heart and hand I pledge you while I load my gun again, you will never be forgotten or the enemy forgiven, my good comrade..."
-- Anton Szandor LaVey, 1930 - 1997, "The Satanic Promise"
"Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto."
(I am a man. I count nothing human foreign to me.)
-- Terence, c.190 - 159 BCE
"Truth has always been in abundance. It's only due to the lack of its demand that we question its existence."
--Devin Bast, Dreaming Satanica 1997
"Actum ne agas."
(Do not revive things put away.)
-- Terence, c.190 - 159 BCE
"Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his "divine spiritual and intellectual development," has become the most vicious animal of all!" - Anton Szandor LaVey
There is knowledge in all things, in all actions, in all places. Learn from all things. It may come from the mouth of a child as easily as from the wisest of men. Always listen, always learn: Knowledge is all around thee. Fear of the Lord is the end of Knowledge and of Reason, and these two pursuits are the keys that shall free thy soul. And somewhere out there, someone needs you more than you can ever imagine
Listen to the opinions of others and weigh their merits, for others may see options ye have not. Yet follow thine own heart for the final decision. If thou art not willing to do this, then take heed: Thou hast delivered thy destiny into the hands of strangers.
Friends are precious; keep them near. But thy family is sacred. One may treat them ill, slander them and do them evil. Yet when thy need is greatest, they shall always be with thee
History is not a fixed thing. Although the event may remain constant, the interpretation is ever fluid. And the interpretation is all: for a grown man will look back upon a childhood act and see his guilt, where earlier he saw only vindication. Change the mind and change the past—and with it, the present and future.
Others may lead thee to temptation, but only by thine own hand can ye partake of it. If thou later seekest to lay blame, seek thyself
Death and pain comes to all, bidden or unbidden. Accept this, then live as if it were untrue.
Truth is beauty, yet beauty is not truth. Knowledge is power, but power is not knowledge. Keep thy logic in its proper sequence.
If thou followest the philosophy of others and add nothing of thine own, then thou art no more than a beast of the field and have wasted thy soul.
Blessed is he who findeth me and seeketh knowledge, for these are more precious than gold; and the gain thereof shall be the immortal universe itself.
Allow thy children to live, think and feel freely, for the mother and father know not all things.
For everything there is a time: a time to live, a time to die; a time for peace, a time for war; a time to create and a time to destroy. Learn to tell time.
Within thee lies the power of the gods. To gain it, strive for understanding: of the firmament, of thine earth, of others, and most importantly, of thyself.
a man wrongs thee, look to thyself to see why thou hast allowed the transgression. Learn from it, then seek vindication or reconciliation, as ye see fit.
Until life has given thee its worst, thou hast not been at thy best.
Do unto others as ye wish to do unto them. For this is thy right as a being of free will. Thou may treat thy neighbor good or ill, as per thy will. But remember this: He also is free to respond according to his will; and it would do thee well to temper thine action with judgment.
Seek the philosophy within thy soul, for others cannot reveal it nor dictate it to thee. Neither god nor man may lead thee to thyself, for only the individual soul knows its own path
Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
"Lupus est homo homini, non homo, quom qualis sit non novit."
(A man is a wolf rather than a man to another man, when he hasn't yet found out what he's like.)
-- Plautus, ca. 184 BCE
"I don't know what you mean by 'glory' ," Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't -- till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you!' "
"But glory doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument'," Alice objected.
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "who is to be master -- that's all."
-- Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking Glass"
"Oderint, dum metuant."
(Let them hate, so long as they fear.)
-- Accius, 170 - 90 BCE
"If everybody minded their own business," said the Duchess in a hoarse growl, "the world would go round a deal faster than it does."
-- Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
"Odi profanum vulgus et arceo."
(I hate the unholy masses [of people] and I keep away from them.)
-- Horace, 65 - 8 BCE
"The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people do not like that statement, but few can argue it."
-- Kenneth V. Lanning, FBI Report on Occult Crime, Oct. 1989
"Disputandi pruritus ecclesiarum scabies."
(The itch of disputing will prove the scab of churches.)
-- Sir Henry Wotton, 1568 - 1639
"The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844 - 1900
"Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter neccessitatem."
(No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary.)
-- attr. William Occam, c.1280 - 1349
"Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844 - 1900
"Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt."
(Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish.)
-- Julius Caesar, 102? - 44 BCE
"Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!"
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844 - 1900
"Fiat justitia et pereat mundus."
(Let justice be done, even if the world will perish.)
-- Emperor Ferdinand I, 1503 - 1564
"Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n."
-- John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667)
"Nemo me impune lacessit."
(No one provokes me with impunity.)
-- Motto of the Crown of Scotland and of all Scottish regiments
"I'm sure I didn't mean--" Alice was beginning, but the Red Queen interrupted her impatiently.
"That's just what I complain of! You should have meant! What do you suppose is the use of a child without any meaning?"
-- Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking Glass"
"Nil posse creari de nilo."
(Nothing can be created out of nothing.)
-- Lucretius, c.94 - 55 BCE
"With heart and hand I pledge you while I load my gun again, you will never be forgotten or the enemy forgiven, my good comrade..."
-- Anton Szandor LaVey, 1930 - 1997, "The Satanic Promise"
"Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto."
(I am a man. I count nothing human foreign to me.)
-- Terence, c.190 - 159 BCE
"Truth has always been in abundance. It's only due to the lack of its demand that we question its existence."
--Devin Bast, Dreaming Satanica 1997
"Actum ne agas."
(Do not revive things put away.)
-- Terence, c.190 - 159 BCE
"Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his "divine spiritual and intellectual development," has become the most vicious animal of all!" - Anton Szandor LaVey
There is knowledge in all things, in all actions, in all places. Learn from all things. It may come from the mouth of a child as easily as from the wisest of men. Always listen, always learn: Knowledge is all around thee. Fear of the Lord is the end of Knowledge and of Reason, and these two pursuits are the keys that shall free thy soul. And somewhere out there, someone needs you more than you can ever imagine
Listen to the opinions of others and weigh their merits, for others may see options ye have not. Yet follow thine own heart for the final decision. If thou art not willing to do this, then take heed: Thou hast delivered thy destiny into the hands of strangers.
Friends are precious; keep them near. But thy family is sacred. One may treat them ill, slander them and do them evil. Yet when thy need is greatest, they shall always be with thee
History is not a fixed thing. Although the event may remain constant, the interpretation is ever fluid. And the interpretation is all: for a grown man will look back upon a childhood act and see his guilt, where earlier he saw only vindication. Change the mind and change the past—and with it, the present and future.
Others may lead thee to temptation, but only by thine own hand can ye partake of it. If thou later seekest to lay blame, seek thyself
Death and pain comes to all, bidden or unbidden. Accept this, then live as if it were untrue.
Truth is beauty, yet beauty is not truth. Knowledge is power, but power is not knowledge. Keep thy logic in its proper sequence.
If thou followest the philosophy of others and add nothing of thine own, then thou art no more than a beast of the field and have wasted thy soul.
Blessed is he who findeth me and seeketh knowledge, for these are more precious than gold; and the gain thereof shall be the immortal universe itself.
Allow thy children to live, think and feel freely, for the mother and father know not all things.
For everything there is a time: a time to live, a time to die; a time for peace, a time for war; a time to create and a time to destroy. Learn to tell time.
Within thee lies the power of the gods. To gain it, strive for understanding: of the firmament, of thine earth, of others, and most importantly, of thyself.
a man wrongs thee, look to thyself to see why thou hast allowed the transgression. Learn from it, then seek vindication or reconciliation, as ye see fit.
Until life has given thee its worst, thou hast not been at thy best.
Do unto others as ye wish to do unto them. For this is thy right as a being of free will. Thou may treat thy neighbor good or ill, as per thy will. But remember this: He also is free to respond according to his will; and it would do thee well to temper thine action with judgment.
Seek the philosophy within thy soul, for others cannot reveal it nor dictate it to thee. Neither god nor man may lead thee to thyself, for only the individual soul knows its own path
Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
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