aphorism – Page 6 – Love the Dust

It’s not always meaninglessness.

Sometimes I am just as shocked that anything means anything at allMore

empty heads need not ring hollowMore

Das Nichts nichtet. –HeideggerMore

The most intelligent men, like the strongest, find their happiness where others would find only disaster…. –NietzscheMore

Nothing human is worthy of being taken very seriously. Nonetheless…. –Plato, via NietzscheMore

The self is a repeatedly reconstructed biological state. –Antonio DamasioMore

No one pushes his way through here, certainly not someone with a message from a dead man. –KafkaMore

Master Rinzai let go and said, “What a worthless shit-stick this true person of no rank is!” –Lin-chiMore

A flame. A flame in their hearts. When I am alone, I am extinguished. –SartreMore

This truly happened, the feelings were real…but I cannot place it…see itMore

Father Zossima brings the congregation together for a final word with them…More