think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”
―
the system is beyond corrupt.”
Oligopoly, plutocracy, kleptocracy: All things that are good for a shareholder.
(Jim Cramer)
If we’ve been bamboozled long enough,
we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle.
We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth.
The bamboozle has captured us.
It’s simply too painful to acknowledge,
even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken.
Once you give a charlatan power over you,
you almost never get it back.”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
(art by Konstantin Antioukhin)
real evil is gloomy, monotonous,
barren, boring.
Imaginary good is boring;
real good is always new,
marvelous, intoxicating."
– Simone Weil
when I realised
life was a costume party
and I attended with my real face”
― Franz Kafka
(art by David Ribble)
there was pretty little town named Hamelin.
Though Hamelin was charming,
it had two faults.
Its townspeople were very stingy,
and there were too many rats.”