To Life from the Shadows Quotes

“It is not by insulting people that we teach them. - On Disrespect”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“History is entertainment for the wise and a confirmation for the doomed.”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“In a dictatorship, every election is faked and everybody seems to know it except for the dictator. In a democracy it is the politicians that are rigged.”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“In a world starving for validity, the truth, when spoken at the right moment, can be one of the purest and most helpful forms of charity.”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“You discover nothing; you only learn of
what you have been ignorant of so far.”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“Old age is meant to slow us down just before the final destination; otherwise reaching the stop would be too abrupt." - On Old Age”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“Those who want to sink will surely seek and find an impending shipwreck. - On Human Stupidity.”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows: Conversations with the Light

“No sunset winks, but surely be followed by the sunrise! - Try to remember this on your moments of despair.”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows: Conversations with the Light

“Like any other matter of public consumption bullshit is meant primarily to satisfy the hunger of its manufacturer, for you have to believe in your own delusion in order to make people have a share in it.”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“Some people seem to have a vested interest in their delusion. - On Delusion”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“A tree that is never shaking by the wind is a dead tree!”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“Money is a good weapon against the scum and is of no consequence to the noble mind. - On Money.”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows: Conversations with the Light

“Societies that preach hate are where people no longer know how to live. - On Hate Hour”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“One must pay meticulous attention to the private confessions of the wolf. - On Unsolicited Confidences”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“You carry your thoughts like some drunk carries a bottle of liquor in one of his side pockets; you are equally dependent on them. Have you ever asked yourself if you really own them? - On Thoughts”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“War is the biggest tax hike ever; if this is
properly understood many would stop
warring. - On War and Personal Finances”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“ʺThey are all the same!ʺ Is the cruelest
gallows humankind ever built. - On Stereotypes and Sweeping
Statements”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“When the absolute free will argument loses
its shining armour, we are left with one
unsettling conclusion; there is but
circumstantial free will. - On the End of Free Will”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“It is not good to hoard money and it is
equally unsanitary to hoard knowledge; the
more you hoard the less you think and the
lesser you know. - On Greed and Knowledge”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“If you want to continue to play, never become a pawn!" - On Survival”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“The role of the parents is not to become the child, but to provide guidance to it, to walk it through the same abyss the parents walked through but with the help of a light called parental guidance. - On Parenting.”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows: Conversations with the Light

“Memory is the most misleading of all human tools; it is short sighted and pretends to reign with no somnolence.

Memory never lies, but it does not always tell the truth.”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“Does the act of incarceration work as deterrent against crime?"
"No act can be a deterrent as long as the need or desperation to offend is greater.”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“To know in order not to be disoriented,
To be able to seize the sense of the event,
To avoid a mental anarchy, and to act effectively. - On Being Prepared”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“Democracy is like money; it is fake and unreal, the more people believe in it, the more tangible it becomes until it is the main currency of the kingdom; a fake benevolent form of trade is what it is.”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“ʺDonʹt trust anyone.ʺ Say people who must
know themselves to be untrustworthy. - On Trusting”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“A picture can utter nothing to describe itself. - On the Eloquence of Pictures”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“Ah! The people! Formed, deformed, welded and disassembled; in short, invented from scratch. The people are a myth and do not exist; unfortunately for them they are the only ones not knowing it.”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“An elephant constantly in denial. - On Government”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“Primary Rule of Leadership:

Leadership knows; it does not believe.”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows