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What one quote describes your life philosophy? (and why, if you want/if it isn't clear)

This question usually gets some pretty interesting answers, and I don't see why it'd be any different on here.

>> No.1166125

"You think when you wake up in the mornin yesterday don't count. But yesterday is all that does count. What else is there? Your life is made out of the days it’s made out of. Nothin else." - Cormac Mccarthy

>> No.1166130

Because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars

>> No.1166139

He who cannot command himself should obey.
- Nietzsche

>> No.1166142

>>1166130
oh, jack kerouac.

loved that book.

>> No.1166149
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>> No.1166161

"Fuck it. Let's go bowling."

>> No.1166164

"OP is a faggot."

I try to live by it every single moment of my life.

>> No.1166166

"Get money, evade bitches and evade tricks."
-Spinoza

>> No.1166167

If you can't handle me at my worst you sure as hell can't handle me at my best - Marilyn Monroe

>> No.1166188

>>1166161
i liek you

>> No.1166191

>>1166167
teenage girl detected

>> No.1166197

>>1166149
i love this. it reminds me of the message of Christ.

I'm not sure if i'm just a freak though & if i'm capable of it. I'm too scared of people. I lie to avoid that fear & it really is a sin, as bad as the others I am so careful to avoid.

>> No.1166205

>>1166167
That's not the quote.

Also, your best isn't that great.

>> No.1166227

thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, and mind, and the second is like unto the first; thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself

>> No.1166231

"I feel there is an angel inside that I am always shocking" --jean cocteau

>> No.1166232

I follow my own path in life.

>> No.1166239

I tried so hard, and got so far, but in the end it doesn't even matter.
I had to fall, to lose it all, but in the end it doesn't even matter.

>> No.1166269

Fuck it; let's go bowling.

>> No.1166473

Those who do not think for themselves do not think at all.

>> No.1166492

>Don't let yourself be blinded by fear or anger. Everything is only as it is.

Also this is nice too >>1166149

>> No.1166491 [DELETED] 

>Don't allet yourself be blinded by fear or anger. Everything is only as it is.

Also this is nice too >>1166149

>> No.1166498

Poetry resembles metaphysics: one does not mind one's own, but one does not like anyone else's.
- Samuel Butler

>> No.1166511

>>1166498
How is that a life philosophy?
Unless you're a professional poet or something...

>> No.1166517
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>> No.1166524

"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." - The Mawfukin' Bard

>> No.1166522

"there is nothing on earth that we share"~Javert

>> No.1166527

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

>> No.1166534

"Let us cultivate our garden"

>> No.1166545

''nothing can be known, not even this''

>> No.1166552

One has to imagine Sisyphus happy

>> No.1166585

"Don't base your entire life around the quotes of another man."

>> No.1166657

>>1166585

"describes" not "determines" your life philosophy, chochbag

>> No.1166716
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not a virtue but a habit.

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>> No.1166735

"True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing." socrates

>> No.1166740

>>1166130
I love that one.

"Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore."
-Bradbury

>> No.1166756

"He's like a drug for you, Bella."

~ Stephanie Meyer ~

>> No.1166763

f**k the law
punk is not dead
roll roll roll a joint, twist it at the end, light it up, take a puff and pass it to your friend
be yourself!! dont let other people force you to be who you dont want to be!
ROCK ON!!!
...WAY PAST COOL TAILS!!
KING FOR A DAY!!

You say Lady Gaga,I say EvanescenceYou say T-Pain,I say Three Days GraceYou say Justin Bieber,I say Linkin ParkYou say Jonas Brother,I say Green DayYou say Flowers,I say Puddle of Mudd92% of teens have turned to pop and hip-hop.If you are part of the 8% that still listens to real music. DONT LET ROCK N R...OLL DIE ! , like this if u If You Agree with me ;D

>> No.1166770
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"One day, I came upon a man urinating in a bus station. When I confronted him about his action, he turned to me, without stopping, and said:

'Keep in mind that the universe is in constant flux, nothing that occurs one moment has any relevance to anything else. Everything you believe, feel, or think is based on the false assumption that truth exists. Thus, you are free to do any action which brings you pleasure. That humanity feels restricted by morals is one of the funniest jokes i've ever heard.'

So I beat the shit out of him and took his wallet"
...-Principia Discordia

>> No.1166772

go easy, step lightly, stay free

- mick jones

>> No.1166780

The unexamined life is not worth living.

>> No.1166787

All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.
-H.L. Mencken

>> No.1166792

"No Gods or Kings, only Man." - Andrew Ryan

I know it's from a video game, but I love the phrase. And before anyone asks, I'm not an objectivist.

>> No.1166811

>>1166770
>asshumpan.jpg

>> No.1166818

While the angels, all pallid and wan,
Uprising, unveiling, affirm
That the play is the tragedy, “Man,”
And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.

>> No.1166829

>>1166792
"Man will not be truly free until the last king is strangle with the entrails of the last priest."

That sentiment is not objectivist, you dumbass.

>> No.1166834

>>1166829

Not originally, but if you can't see how it's compatible, you're the dumbass.

>> No.1166836

"People who live by quotes are pretentious faggots, and, like the common faggot, deserve to be burned to ash." - Diogenes

>> No.1166838

"Beautiful names, ugly streets."
....no idea why

>> No.1166844

>>1166836
see
>>1166657

Also, I think that was a bit of a misquote.

>> No.1166849
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>>1166844
>quote
>Diogenes

>> No.1166854

It's impossible for one quote to describe my life philosophy. You guys must have pretty simplistic world views.

>> No.1166855

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
- Oscar Wilde

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>>1166855
every time this thread is made, someone posts that quote.

To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.
-Fran Lebowitz

>> No.1166863

>>1166829
Sorry, I wasn't implying the sentiment of the phrase was objectivist, but the Andrew Ryan character is portrayed to be so.

>> No.1166867

"The only thing all humans are equal in is death."

>> No.1166874

>>1166854
Don't be ridiculous. I would be absolutely surprised if anyone here thought their whole life philosophy could be described in one sentence. However, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who has taken it this way, this is an opportunity to post a quote that you find inspiring or that resounds with some portion of your outlook on life.

>> No.1166886

Barba non facit philosophum.

>> No.1166894

>>1166874
In that case:

"Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes." -Henry David Thoreau

>> No.1166904

All philosophers should be brick layers.
-Wittgenstein

>> No.1166909

"The most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid."
J.D Salinger

>> No.1167003

"Wherever there is government, I am always against it."
-Juliet Appleton

>> No.1168123

one is always responsible for what one makes of what its made of one. - Sartre

>> No.1168128

>>1168123
the more I read the more my brain turns to fuck

>> No.1168137

"HAHAHAHA"
-some monk

>> No.1168147

life philosophies are shown, not told

>> No.1168156

"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."- Nietzsche

>> No.1168160

"we do what we must because we can"- aperture science

i do alot of work in the field of science so its pretty relevant to me

>> No.1168165

The rule is simple: Suspect, only suspect.

>> No.1168170
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1168170

"You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments."

- Jesus Christ

>> No.1168175

>>1168170
Who's that guy on the pic?
Jesus had light hair/eyes.

>> No.1168180

>>1166909
i like it

'we are here on earth to fart around, and anyone who tells you differently is selling something.' -vonnegut (cliché, i know, but a good one)

>> No.1168181

>>1168170

how about I slap your shit?

>> No.1168182

>>1168175
>Jesus had light hair/eyes
how do you know? it's still disputed,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_of_Jesus

>> No.1168188

>>1168181
you would have yourself slapped?

also does anyone know what Jesus would say about someone you hold higher than yourself? (Even though all men are equal in God's eyes)

>> No.1168198

KEEP CALM AND AIM FOR THE HEAD

>> No.1168214

"The hell with it! There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. It's all part of the same thing."

>> No.1168226

That is the tragedy of language, my friend. Those who know each other only through symbolic representations are forced to imagine each other. And because their imagination is imperfect, they are often wrong. That is the source of their misery
-Orson Scott Card

>> No.1168246

Lyfe *rubs snotty fingers through hair* Eez-ah Sheit *unintentional vocal trill* -Slavoj Zizek

>> No.1168258

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
"Who watches the Watchmen?"

>> No.1168289

>>1166130
I love you man, you are awesome. I just read this sentence a week ago and it almost drove me to tears.
You're the best guy in the world and you deserve a medal.
You made my day.
Thank you.

>> No.1168317

"Even logical positivists are capable of love."
- AJ Ayer

>> No.1168327

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
-H. L. Mencken

>> No.1168355

"Be polite. Be efficient. Have a plan to kill everyone you meet."

>> No.1168364

“One can fool life for a long time, but in the end it always makes us what we were intended to be.”

>> No.1168382

Never play leapfrog with a unicorn.