He who is unable to live in society$$$ or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself$$$ must be either a beast or a god.
The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
Where I come from$$$" said Archie$$$ "a bloke likes to get to know a girl before he marries her." "Where you come from it is customary to boil vegetables until they fall apart. This does not mean$$$" said Samad tersely$$$ "that it is a good idea."
These days$$$ it feels to me like you make a devil's pact when you walk into this country. You hand over your passport at the check-in$$$ you get stamped$$$ you want to make a little money$$$ get yourself started... but you mean to go back! Who would want to stay? Cold$$$ wet$$$ miserable; terrible food$$$ dreadful newspapers - who would want to stay? In a place where you are never welcomed$$$ only tolerated. Just tolerated. Like you are an animal finally house-trained.
In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth. For nothing is more precious than the life force and may the love of that force guide you as you go.
People say beware$$$ but I don't care. Their words are just rules and regulations to me.
To me$$$ punk rock is the freedom to create$$$ freedom to be successful$$$ freedom to not be successful$$$ freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.
If religion is the opiate of the people$$$ tradition is an even more sinister analgesic$$$ simply because it rarely appears sinister. If religion is a tight band$$$ a throbbing vein$$$ and a needle$$$ tradition is a far homelier concoction: poppy seeds ground into tea; a sweet cocoa drink laced with cocaine; the kind of thing your grandmother might have made.
Going out of style isn't a natural process$$$ but a manipulated change which destroys the beauty of last year's dress in order to make it worthless.
A scientist may not be sure of the answer$$$ but he's often sure he can find one. And that's a condition which is clearly not enjoyed by philosophy.