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This book delves into the intricate mechanisms and effects of decay, examining how it shapes the natural world and human experiences across different domains.
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“The amount of chiaroscuro an idea harbors is the only index of its profundity.”
“A civilization begins to decline the moment Life becomes its sole obsession.”
“The true hero fights and dies in the name of his destiny, and not in the name of a belief.”
“Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and memory.”
“Chaos is rejecting all you have learned, chaos is being yourself.”
“What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on.”
“Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.”
“In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world.”
“By all evidence we are in the world to do nothing.”
“Nothing proves that we are more than nothing.”
“We are afraid of the enormity of the possible.”
“Truths begin by a conflict with the police - and end by calling them in.”
“Ennui is the echo in us of time tearing itself apart.”
“Philosophy: Impersonal anxiety; refuge among anemic ideas.”
“So long as man is protected by madness - he functions - and flourishes.”
“Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.”
“Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown.”
“Under each formula lies a corpse.”
“When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves.”
“Society: an inferno of saviors!”
“Reality is a creation of our excesses.”
“Life creates itself in delirium and is undone in ennui.”
“Anyone who speaks in the name of others is always an impostor.”
“The universal view melts things into a blur.”
“Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.”
“Everything is pathology, except for indifference.”
“We change ideas like neckties.”
“To Live signifies to believe and hope - to lie and to lie to oneself.”