Philosophysophy Quotes

“Everything, every move, was calculated, in a mathematical, inhuman fashion. That gave the phantasmal illusion of the incandescent characteristics of man.’ It brought me an immeasurable sense of pride, that I could deceive people so easily. It created an infinite sense of distance between us, as if we were in different dimensions. That only a minute fragment of my real self was present in my countenance, tone, and gestures.”
― Mattias Shaw-James, The Road to Hell

“Expecting people to follow rules just because they should is being too hopeful. Rules must be designed to dovetail with selfish interest because people are primarily driven by it. They need to be shepherded into good behaviour through this proclivity”
― Amish Tripathi, Scion of Ikshvaku

“Destiny is an unforgiving and ruthless bitch. The moment you want to change your destiny, it lays down a trap to keep you on the course it wants you to take in life and not what you intend to”
― Gaurav Singh, The Boiling Stream: When innocence gets killed

“How many transformations can a man make before he’s no longer the same man? How many new men must he become before the original man died?”
― Franco Cardiello

“what feels like work to you is playing for others”
― Lenfantvivant

“Making positive choices in our lives is not about believing ourselves to be the sole person who can change something in its entirety, but instead recognising that we have a responsibility to play our part in helping to bring about that change.”
― Ed Winters, How to Argue With a Meat Eater