Likes Likes:  32
Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 26

Thread: Brilliant PASSAGE and/or QUOTE of the Day

  1. #1
    Dinger of Hum Chronopolitano's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2014
    Location
    Chronopolis
    Posts
    1,561

    Brilliant PASSAGE and/or QUOTE of the Day

    Something that you found serendipitously (by actually reading, for example) that struck you PERSONALLY - for its brilliance, insight, wit, and other virtues.

    Kicking off with:

    "Conservative critics who complain how, in today's hedonistic-egotistical society, true values have disappeared totally miss the point. The true opposite of egotistical self-love is not altruism, a concern for the Common Good, but envy or ressentiment, which makes me act against my own interests: evil enters in when I prefer the misfortune of my neighbour to my own fortune, so that I am ready to suffer myself just to make certain that my neighbour will suffer more."
    [. . . ]
    An evil person is thus not an egotist, "thinking only about his own interests." A true egotist is too busy taking care of his own good to have time to cause misfortune to others. The primary vice of a bad person is precisely that he is more preoccupied with others than with himself."

    __ S. Zizek

  2. Likes M. Montaigne liked this post
  3. #2
    King of Mars bolaberlim's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2014
    Location
    Porto, Portugal
    Posts
    650
    "shit fire, save matches"- I read this on a Stephen King book. It kinda stuck, and it feels better than the usual "look on the brightside"

  4. Likes Chronopolitano liked this post
  5. #3
    Life is an immobile, locked,
    Three-handed struggle between
    Your wants, the world's for you, and (worse)
    The unbeatable slow machine
    That brings what you'll get.

  6. Likes Chronopolitano liked this post
  7. #4
    KEØJNF Spooky's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2014
    Location
    Lincoln, NE
    Posts
    1,714
    Blog Entries
    12
    "I reject your reality and substitute my own!"

    -Adam Savage

  8. Likes Little Big Feather liked this post
  9. #5
    Member pepperami's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2014
    Location
    Kildare, Ireland
    Posts
    3,292
    It's that feeling you get when you fail in something you felt mandated to fulfil. When perhaps the mandate, was to fail and real courage is standing guiltless in the perdiciment you find yourself in..

    Leonard Cohen


    Sent from my GT-I9505

  10. #6
    MWC is that my watch's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2014
    Location
    came for a look stayed for the biskwits
    Posts
    36,373
    To alcohol! The cause of... and solution to... all of life's problems.

    homer j simpson
    sharky
    one of the most original good guys their was never anything but a true friend "the daito to my shoto"
    rest easy good buddy
    https://gofund.me/eb610af1

  11. Likes Spooky, Nokie, hayday, Chronopolitano liked this post
  12. #7
    On a philosophy forum I help moderate, a while back: 'your argument is as circular as the place you pulled it from'. I may have stolen it.

  13. #8
    Quote Originally Posted by Der Amf View Post
    Life is an immobile, locked,
    Three-handed struggle between
    Your wants, the world's for you, and (worse)
    The unbeatable slow machine
    That brings what you'll get.
    Only just spotted the watch reference in this

  14. #9
    Super Member Raza's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2014
    Location
    Philadelphia
    Posts
    23,205
    Blog Entries
    5
    This one changed my life:

    "It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."

  15. Likes Chronopolitano, T Bone, Perseus liked this post
  16. #10
    King of Mars bolaberlim's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2014
    Location
    Porto, Portugal
    Posts
    650
    Quote Originally Posted by Matt View Post
    On a philosophy forum I help moderate, a while back: 'your argument is as circular as the place you pulled it from'. I may have stolen it.
    I have to find a way to drop this line on someone!

  17. Likes T Bone liked this post

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
About Us
We are an independent and wide-ranging forum for watch enthusiasts. From mainspring to microchip, from Europe to Asia, from micro-brand to boutique - we cover it all. Novice or expert, we want you to feel at home. Whether it's asking a simple question or contributing to the fund of horological knowledge, it's all the same hobby. Or, if you like, you can just show us a picture of your new watch. We'll provide the welcoming and courteous environment, the rest is up to you!
Join us