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I see myself forever and ever as the ridiculous man, the lonely soul, the wanderer, the restless frustrated artist, the man in love with love, always in search of the absolute, always seeking the unattainable.
Stand Still Like the Hummingbird
There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.
What holds the world together, as I have learned from bitter experience, is sexual intercourse.
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.
The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.
Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.
There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.
Everyone has his own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is.
Stand Still Like the Hummingbird
I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.
Destiny is what you are supposed to do in life. Fate is what kicks you in the ass to make you do it.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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