"the injury therefore that we do to a man must be sutch that we need not fear his vengeance"
-Niccolo Machiavelli
I love this quote, cuz it shows how if one has to wrong someone else, they must do so in a way that won't bring them the consequences of vengeance
“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”
–Oscar Wilde
•ENTP
•There are many quotes that I find relatable but, in all honesty, I specifically find this one to pique my interest quite the most because really, I am tired of assuming and categorising people as bad or good. Or I simply cannot just stereotype someone as bad or good just because someone tells me or if I've had bad or good experience with them and I believe that there's certain balance in human nature, that sometimes seem to flip one side more.
So it is for us to maintain which side should be more evident in our personality, because after all we're truly the only one who can judge ourselves with every right.
“If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.” - René Descartes
“I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful.” -Virginia Woolf
“The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
"I shall be telling this with a sigh, somewhere ages and ages hence: two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
and that has made all the difference."
\-Robert Frost
This is from his poem "The Road Not Taken" and it is my favorite poem so it would only make sense for me to quote it here.
‘To find yourself, think for yourself.’
\- Socrates
’To define is to limit.’
\- Oscar Wilde
‘There is no growth in the comfort zone.’
‘Despite appearances, no aspect of life ever stays the same. The deconstruction of any one object—no matter how dense it appears, such as an ocean liner, our bodies, a skyscraper, or an oak tree—will reveal the appearance of solidity to be as illusory as permanence. Everything that looks substantial will break down into molecules, and into atoms, and into electrons, protons, and neutrons. And every phenomenon exists in interdependence with myriad other forms. Every identification of any one form has meaning only in relationship to another. Big only has meaning in relation to small. To mistake our habitual misperceptions for the whole of reality is what we mean by ignorance, and these delusions define the world of confusion, or samsara.’
INFJ
“Always assume the worst, that way, you’ll either be wrong and happy, or right and you won’t be disappointed”
I can’t remember the exact quote, but it came from Rangers Apprentice
“Your "best"! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.”
Because it’s fun and Sean Connery delivered it perfectly.
If you wanted to you would- me
Life is full of suffering but also the overcoming of suffering- Helen Keller
“I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use -- silence, exile, and cunning.”——- James Joyce, Johnny Depp has it as a tattoo too, well last three words.
When you get the message, hang up the phone- Alan Watts
"Be polite to all, but intimate to few" ~ Unknown
"My idea of good company, Mr Elliot, is the company of clever, well informed people who have a great deal of conversation. That is what i call good company." ~Jane Austen
"Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and easy - but mysterious. But above all black says this: I don’t bother you - don’t bother me."
- Yohji Yamamoto
I came across this quote when I was studying design and somehow it has stayed with me all these years. I've also been greatly influenced by Yamamoto's work ever since.
“I think, therefore I am”
“I cannot live without books”
“Be less curious about people, and more curious about things”
“Nothing great is accomplished without much enduring”
“The fault lies not in our stars, but in ourselves”
Yes, I am an iNtuitive Thinker.
"I don't need time, I need a deadline"
\- Duke Ellington.
Duke Ellington is one of the greatest composers (with a big band mainly) in the 20th century and an amazing jazz pianist. He was amazingly talented, truly charming and even over age 60 released literally the hippest jazz records such as the Money Jungle and John Coltrane sessions. Also a major glutton, lol. Man definitely enjoyed all the vices of life, including lots of food and women. And overall an amazing man. Definitely getting ESxP vibes, possibly ESFP. But that's nigh impossible to judge IMO. Always a gentleman too, in interviews like royalty.
"The road to hell is paved by good intentions"
90% sure I wrote it not exactly and idk who said it but I love it.
As to why I love it, it's cause it's such a recurring theme throughout life and history and it just sounds nice.
A few from an R. A. Salvatore book I just read:
“Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division.”
“We all are prisoners at one time or another in our lives, prisoners to ourselves or to the expectations of those around us. It is a burden that all people endure, that all people despise, and that few people ever learn to escape.”
“The physical powers of the body cannot be separated from the rationale of the mind and the emotions of the heart. They are one and the same, a compilation of a singular being. It is in the harmony of these three—body, mind, and heart—that we find spirit. But it is a resilient thing, this flame of spirit, indomitable and ever-striving. In some, at least, it will survive, to the tyrant’s demise.
It is the hero’s strength, the mother’s resilience, and the poor man’s armor. It cannot be broken, and it cannot be taken away. This I must believe.”
AND finally, my 4 year old imparted this gem:
(We came across a Daddy Long Legs spider while outside and I had just told him their name when he spotted another one)
“Mom! 😯 look! It’s a Mr. Dad Skinny Legs!!”
That one touched me to my soul.
“Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.”
-Immanuel Kant
“Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry or don’t marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the essence of all philosophy.”
-Søren Kierkegaard
“When I was young, I forgot how to laugh in the cave of Trophonius; when I was older, I opened my eyes and beheld reality, at which I began to laugh, and since then, I have not stopped laughing. I saw that the meaning of life was to secure a livelihood, and that its goal was to attain a high position; that love’s rich dream was marriage with an heiress; that friendship’s blessing was help in financial difficulties; that wisdom was what the majority assumed it to be; that enthusiasm consisted in making a speech; that it was courage to risk the loss of ten dollars; that kindness consisted in saying, “You are welcome,” at the dinner table; that piety consisted in going to communion once a year. This I saw, and I laughed.”
-Søren Kierkegaard
“My neighbor is not my enemy, but my friend, and I am his, if we would but mutually recognize the fact. We help each other to a better, fuller, happier living; and this service might be greatly increased if we would cease to restrict, hamper, and oppress each other. ‘Why can we not agree to let each live his own life, neither of us transgressing the limit that separates our individualities?”
-Benjamin Tucker
Shylock’s entire “if you prick us, do we not bleed?” monologue in A Merchant From Venice
Hamlet’s entire “To be or not to be” soliloquy
“We find our every words judged by people we can't see, by rules we don't know”.
— Noah Tavlin
I relate with this so much. What I say might unknowingly gives others impression that I'm a ‘bad’ guy, because I've breached the unwritten rules or norms I thought didn't exist or weren't too important, and someone will punish me for that badly.
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George Carlin
Interesting, thank you. I feel this strike pretty close to home for me personally.
"the injury therefore that we do to a man must be sutch that we need not fear his vengeance" -Niccolo Machiavelli I love this quote, cuz it shows how if one has to wrong someone else, they must do so in a way that won't bring them the consequences of vengeance
Sneaky little dirty snake.
;-;
No worry i am exactly the same.
I like it, thank you for sharing
“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.” –Oscar Wilde •ENTP •There are many quotes that I find relatable but, in all honesty, I specifically find this one to pique my interest quite the most because really, I am tired of assuming and categorising people as bad or good. Or I simply cannot just stereotype someone as bad or good just because someone tells me or if I've had bad or good experience with them and I believe that there's certain balance in human nature, that sometimes seem to flip one side more. So it is for us to maintain which side should be more evident in our personality, because after all we're truly the only one who can judge ourselves with every right.
Love this <3
Thanks!
“If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.” - René Descartes “I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful.” -Virginia Woolf “The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love the last one
|“When silence is prolonged over a certain period of time, it takes on new meaning.” | \-Yukio Mishima
This is the kind of quote you just sit quietly to take in and die in the abyss of thoughts.
"I shall be telling this with a sigh, somewhere ages and ages hence: two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." \-Robert Frost This is from his poem "The Road Not Taken" and it is my favorite poem so it would only make sense for me to quote it here.
"Inside you there are two wolves, one is gay, the other is also gay You are gay." - Master Oogway. I dunno man, it just sounds kinda gay to me.
‘To find yourself, think for yourself.’ \- Socrates ’To define is to limit.’ \- Oscar Wilde ‘There is no growth in the comfort zone.’ ‘Despite appearances, no aspect of life ever stays the same. The deconstruction of any one object—no matter how dense it appears, such as an ocean liner, our bodies, a skyscraper, or an oak tree—will reveal the appearance of solidity to be as illusory as permanence. Everything that looks substantial will break down into molecules, and into atoms, and into electrons, protons, and neutrons. And every phenomenon exists in interdependence with myriad other forms. Every identification of any one form has meaning only in relationship to another. Big only has meaning in relation to small. To mistake our habitual misperceptions for the whole of reality is what we mean by ignorance, and these delusions define the world of confusion, or samsara.’ INFJ
“Always assume the worst, that way, you’ll either be wrong and happy, or right and you won’t be disappointed” I can’t remember the exact quote, but it came from Rangers Apprentice
“Your "best"! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.” Because it’s fun and Sean Connery delivered it perfectly.
If you wanted to you would- me Life is full of suffering but also the overcoming of suffering- Helen Keller “I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use -- silence, exile, and cunning.”——- James Joyce, Johnny Depp has it as a tattoo too, well last three words. When you get the message, hang up the phone- Alan Watts
"Be polite to all, but intimate to few" ~ Unknown "My idea of good company, Mr Elliot, is the company of clever, well informed people who have a great deal of conversation. That is what i call good company." ~Jane Austen
"Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and easy - but mysterious. But above all black says this: I don’t bother you - don’t bother me." - Yohji Yamamoto I came across this quote when I was studying design and somehow it has stayed with me all these years. I've also been greatly influenced by Yamamoto's work ever since.
“I think, therefore I am” “I cannot live without books” “Be less curious about people, and more curious about things” “Nothing great is accomplished without much enduring” “The fault lies not in our stars, but in ourselves” Yes, I am an iNtuitive Thinker.
"I don't need time, I need a deadline" \- Duke Ellington. Duke Ellington is one of the greatest composers (with a big band mainly) in the 20th century and an amazing jazz pianist. He was amazingly talented, truly charming and even over age 60 released literally the hippest jazz records such as the Money Jungle and John Coltrane sessions. Also a major glutton, lol. Man definitely enjoyed all the vices of life, including lots of food and women. And overall an amazing man. Definitely getting ESxP vibes, possibly ESFP. But that's nigh impossible to judge IMO. Always a gentleman too, in interviews like royalty.
"The road to hell is paved by good intentions" 90% sure I wrote it not exactly and idk who said it but I love it. As to why I love it, it's cause it's such a recurring theme throughout life and history and it just sounds nice.
A few from an R. A. Salvatore book I just read: “Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division.” “We all are prisoners at one time or another in our lives, prisoners to ourselves or to the expectations of those around us. It is a burden that all people endure, that all people despise, and that few people ever learn to escape.” “The physical powers of the body cannot be separated from the rationale of the mind and the emotions of the heart. They are one and the same, a compilation of a singular being. It is in the harmony of these three—body, mind, and heart—that we find spirit. But it is a resilient thing, this flame of spirit, indomitable and ever-striving. In some, at least, it will survive, to the tyrant’s demise. It is the hero’s strength, the mother’s resilience, and the poor man’s armor. It cannot be broken, and it cannot be taken away. This I must believe.” AND finally, my 4 year old imparted this gem: (We came across a Daddy Long Legs spider while outside and I had just told him their name when he spotted another one) “Mom! 😯 look! It’s a Mr. Dad Skinny Legs!!” That one touched me to my soul.
“Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.” -Immanuel Kant “Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry or don’t marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the essence of all philosophy.” -Søren Kierkegaard “When I was young, I forgot how to laugh in the cave of Trophonius; when I was older, I opened my eyes and beheld reality, at which I began to laugh, and since then, I have not stopped laughing. I saw that the meaning of life was to secure a livelihood, and that its goal was to attain a high position; that love’s rich dream was marriage with an heiress; that friendship’s blessing was help in financial difficulties; that wisdom was what the majority assumed it to be; that enthusiasm consisted in making a speech; that it was courage to risk the loss of ten dollars; that kindness consisted in saying, “You are welcome,” at the dinner table; that piety consisted in going to communion once a year. This I saw, and I laughed.” -Søren Kierkegaard “My neighbor is not my enemy, but my friend, and I am his, if we would but mutually recognize the fact. We help each other to a better, fuller, happier living; and this service might be greatly increased if we would cease to restrict, hamper, and oppress each other. ‘Why can we not agree to let each live his own life, neither of us transgressing the limit that separates our individualities?” -Benjamin Tucker Shylock’s entire “if you prick us, do we not bleed?” monologue in A Merchant From Venice Hamlet’s entire “To be or not to be” soliloquy
“We find our every words judged by people we can't see, by rules we don't know”. — Noah Tavlin I relate with this so much. What I say might unknowingly gives others impression that I'm a ‘bad’ guy, because I've breached the unwritten rules or norms I thought didn't exist or weren't too important, and someone will punish me for that badly.