The greater the stupidity, the greater the clarity. Stupidity is brief and guileless, while wit equivocates and hides. Wit is a scoundrel, while stupidity is honest and sincere.
The Brothers Karamazov
(Book V - Pro and Contra, Chapter 3, The Brothers Become Acquainted)
"Try not thinking of peeling an orange. Try not imagining the juice running down your fingers, the soft inner part of the peel. The smell. Try and you can't. The brain doesn't process negatives." -- Douglas Coupland, 'Microserfs'
We have to believe in free will. We've got no choice.
Isaac Singer
In the beginning, there was nothing. And the Lord said 'Let there be light' and there was still nothing, but now you could see it.
Terry Pratchett
We live without hope but always with desire. --dante's the divine comedy, inferno, canto #4 |