Modern Life
“This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.” –Matthew Arnold
Existentialism
The Chaotic Pace
“To commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to the violence of modern times.” -Thomas Merton
Psychic Diseases
“Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.” –Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Leading or Following?
“The problem with most people is that they are playing the most unrewarding game on Earth – Follow the Follower.” –Earl Nightingale
Populist Tendencies
“The populace has two mothers, both of them step-mothers. Ignorance & Misery.” –Albert Pike
A Bridge Between Old & New
“Man is something that shall be overcome. Man is a rope, tied between beast and over man – a rope over an abyss.What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end. But it is the same with man as with the tree. The more he seeks to rise … Read moreA Bridge Between Old & New
Appearances and Thoughts
“Isn’t it amazing how people care more about how they look (appearances), than they do about how they think (cognition). Not to mention that we tend to value others opinions of ourselves more than our own opinions of who we are. Become a friend to yourself. It will be the longest relationship you have with … Read moreAppearances and Thoughts
