Arise Quotes

“Most people bought the cover up story about the bear and the lightning. It’s always easier to just accept a story and let cognitive dissonance take over”
― Eric Lahti, Arise

“Here’s a pro tip for you. Almost everyone you fight will be better than you at something. If you always approach the fight from a position of honorable fighting, you’ll get creamed. In boxing, there are rules, designed to make sure the better fighter wins. Sure, the rules get broken, heads get butted, ears get bitten, but mostly boxing and MMA are rules-oriented sports. In a fight, especially a sword fight, there is no such thing as a dirty move, there’s only survival. Real fighting encourages the head-butt and the ear bite. It also smiles favorably on fingers in eyes, strikes to throats and kicks to knees. He”
― Eric Lahti, Arise

“Churches are a mechanism to create and maintain power, plain and simple. People go to churches not to be saved, but to be told what to do. It’s actually for the best. Most people are simply not good at making choices, so it’s best someone handles decision making for them.” “And”
― Eric Lahti, Arise

“Bottom line, if I hadn’t known the cop that lived around the corner from me, I would have been brained and arrested before I knew what the hell was happening. The police are a force unto themselves, like the weather wearing black uniforms and bad attitudes. Scary”
― Eric Lahti, Arise

“It made as much sense as a black velvet painting of a beaver brushing its teeth with a tire iron.”
― Eric Lahti, Arise