“Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.”— Epictetus, amazon.com
“Regardless of the staggering dimensions of the world about us, the density of our ignorance, the risks of catastrophes to come, and our individual weakness within the immense collectivity, the fact remains that we are absolutely free today if we choose to will our existence in its finiteness, a fini…”— Simone de Beauvoir, amazon.com
“Nothing was ever in tune. People just blindly grabbed at whatever there was: communism, health foods, zen, surfing, ballet, hypnotism, group encounters, orgies, biking, herbs, Catholicism, weight-lifting, travel, withdrawal, vegetarianism, India, painting, writing, sculpting, composing, conducting,…”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com
“An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched.”— Albert Camus, amazon.com