février 2012
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“The very meaninglessness of life forces a man to create his own meaning…”
– Stanley Kubrick
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Sartre just made me realize why I am able to ask myself such seemingly depressing questions to which no answer exists without becoming depressed, cruel and broken.
I used to believe that the questions “What does our existence mean?” and “Is Life worth living?” were one and the same. It led me quite obviously to a terrible place.
I have banished the latter question from my...
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“The world outside would be easier to live in if we were all machines.”
– Andy Warhol (via fuckyeahexistentialism)
Nostalgia was once considered a medical condition...
I hate Tumblr during award shows.
Peace out everyone, leaving until this storm has passed.
Feeling much better now.
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“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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This will be a very incoherent piece of writing, as my thoughts at the moment are flooding in me at once. Tears began to swell in my eyes only minutes ago from the rushing feeling of ambiguity. New questions are being raised and they are creating tension - a nausea.
What is reality? For all I know, everything that I see here does not exist. What does my brain see? I know there is so much out of...
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“What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest...”
– ― Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science with a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
Woody Allen's "Nero Fiddled" to be released on... →
SAVE THE DATE.
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“What did thinking ever do for me, to what great place did thinking ever bring...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
i don’t want to live in mediocrity.
I've been having severe chest pains (on the right...
It coincides with severe back pains on the right side as well…getting a bit worried about this now.
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I took a small trip today, a brief 100 miles from my home, for the day. A friend responded to my intentions by exclaiming “What an adventure!” to which I gave some thought. Sartre has brought into my mind the question of what my life has been filled with - adventures or simple existence. I lied earlier when I stated that I have seen so little of the world, that I have been lacking...
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“I confess I do not believe in time. I like to fold my magic carpet, after use,...”
– Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, Memory (via bookmania
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“Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and...”
– Leo Buscalgia
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“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked...”
– Steve Jobs
“The Pentagon is beefing up U.S. sea- and land-based defenses in the Persian Gulf...”
– U.S. Bulks Up Iran Defenses - WSJ.com
Things are not getting any better with Iran…
Heading down to PA tonight where the cigarettes...
and then running right back to NYC.
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“Beauty is nothing, beauty won’t stay. You don’t know how lucky you are to be...”
– Charles Bukowski
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I don’t see why people are so hostile to the belief that free will does not exist. Once you believe that everyone is simply acting in the present based off of experiences from the past - that everything they do, say and think is simply their brain reacting to a life of certain experiences - you begin to appreciate everyone’s existence, and all hatred slowly withers away.
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cuirnoir replied to your post: I just had the most startling realization.
#existentialism
All day, every day.
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I just had the most startling realization.
If I am aware of my own existence, it is because my brain is aware of my own existence. Since I am aware that my brain is aware of my existence, then my brain is aware of itself. My brain, composed of billions of neurons, is aware that it is a collective tangle of neurons.
I am not sure what this means.
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“When we start to think about how little we mean to the universe, we start to...”
– Tom Delonge
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“Always be a poet, even in prose.”
– Charles Baudelaire
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“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers...”
– Jalal ad-Din Rumi
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“There is no sadder thing than a young pessimist.”
– Mark Twain
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“When you don’t have many friends and you don’t have a social life you’re kind of...”
– ~Tim Burton
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“To have another language is to possess a second soul.”
– Charlemagne
(Zgadzam się.)
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“If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?”
– Maya Angelou
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It was revealed to me by my new doctor that the medication I was on at the time of my attempted suicide causes suicidal thoughts.
Why was I not informed of this:
When I was prescribed the medication
When I was in the hospital for my overdose and told them I was on that medication?
When I told my doctor who prescribed me the medication that I didn’t feel normal, I didn’t want to do...
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“It is a misfortune that the concept of happiness is such an indeterminate...”
– Immanuel Kant
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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
– Maya Angelou