“The errors of a wise man are literally more instructive than the truths of a fool. The wise man travels in lofty, far-seeing regions; the fool in low-lying, high-fenced lanes; retracing the footsteps of the former, to discover where he diviated, whole provinces of the universe are laid open to us; in the path of the latter, granting even that he has not deviated at all, little is laid open to us but two wheel-ruts and two hedges.” MenLittlesTwoWholeScienceLyingUniversePathWiseSeeingFoolLowsErrorsFormerWheelsLatterRegionsLanesFootstepsLoftyProvincesRutsTwo Wheels Book:The Works of Thomas Carlyle Source: The Works of Thomas Carlyle
“Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility. But we have seen that it is one of the lies of the serious mind to attempt to give the word "useful" an absolute meaning; nothing is useful if it is not useful to man; nothing is useful to man if the latter is not in a position to define his own ends and values, if he is not free.” IfsMenGivingTryingMindEndsLyingValuesPositionSeriousAbsolutesOppressionLatterUtilityMeaning Nothing Book:The Ethics of Ambiguity Source: The Ethics of Ambiguity
“The man whom philosophy leaves cold, and the man whom real faith does not illuminate, may be assured that the fault lies in them, not in knowledge and faith. The former is still an alien to philosophy, the latter an alien to faith.” MenMayDoeStillsRealPhilosophyLyingHe ManColdFaultsFormerAliensLatterAssured Book:The Logic of Hegel Source: The Logic of Hegel
“Isn't it curious how one has only to open a book of verse to realise immediately that it was written by a very fine poet, or else that it was written by someone who is not a poet at all. In the case of the former, the lines, the images, though they are inherent in each other, leap up and give one this shock of delight. In the case of the latter, they lie flat on the page, never having lived.” GivingBookLyingPoetryLinesCasesWrittenPoetFinePagesDelightCuriousFormerShockLatterFlatsLeapRealisingInherentVerses Author:Edith Sitwell
“Happiness lies outside yourself, is achieved through interacting with others. Self-forgetfulness should be one's goal, not self-absorption. The male, capable of only the latter, makes a virtue of an irremediable fault and sets up self-absorption, not only as a good but as a Philosophical Good.” ShouldSelfLyingGoalVirtueCapablePhilosophicalFaultsMalesLatterForgetfulnessInteractingAbsorptionSelf AbsorptionInteracting With OthersSelf Forgetfulness Author:Valerie Solanas