The Messenger

The Nature of Bad News Infects the Teller

The Blame Game

To state that something is annoying only leads to circular reasoning as it does not explain the experience of annoyance or its precise cause -- and thus we do not see how this in itself is a 'danger sign' because this type of interaction will inform all of our relationships, including the most important: the one we have with ourselves

Control

The paradox is that you have tremendous control over your life, but you
give up that control when you try to control others. For the only way you
can control others is to recognize their natures and do what is necessary to
evoke the desired reactions from those natures. Thus your actions are
controlled by the requirements involved when you attempt to control
someone else.

Light

Light is beautiful when it's surrounded by darkness.

What Feels Best

The thing that feels best is feeling absolutely nothing at all.

Past, Present, Future

We work in the present to create a better past. Our past determines our future. 

The Value of Logic

Now he'll outstare the lightning. To be furious is to be frighted out of fear, and in that mood the Dove will peck the Estridge; and I still see a diminution in our captains brain restores his heart. When valor preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.

Addendum to the Golden Rule

Never sell out your fucking beliefs for anything or anybody.

The Golden Rule

Don't throw your life away over nothing. Have self control.

Sexual Depravity

Tramps are disgusting when on this subject, because their poverty cuts them off entirely from women, and their minds consequently fester with obscenity. Merely lecherous people are alright, but people who would like to be lecherous, but don't get the chance, are horribly degraded by it. They remind me of the dogs that hang enviously round while two other dogs are copulating.

Entitlement of the Wealthy

The result of long training in this kind of thing is that whereas the bourgeoise goes through life expecting to get what he wants, within limits, the working man always feels himself the slave of a more or less mysterious authority...it is for this reason that in countries where class hierarchy exists, people of the higher class always tend to come to the front in times of stress, though not really more gifted than the others. That they will do so seems to be taken for granted always and everywhere.