Aliciaavram

bury a friend

“The first thing to realize, if you wish to become a philosopher, is that most people go through life with a whole world of beliefs that have no sort of rational justification, and that one man’s world of beliefs is apt to be incompatible with another man’s, so that they cannot both be right. People’s opinions are mainly designed to make them feel comfortable; truth, for most people is a secondary consideration.”

— Bertrand Russell, The Art of Philosophizing

“Neither happiness nor sadness are inbuilt in the events and circumstances showing up. All that appears before you is devoid of all meaning. You are the meaning maker. You are the experience you bring into this moment.”

— http://Infinite-Life.Com (via kidestom)

Abbas Kiarostami, from “A Wolf Lying in Wait; Poems,” published c. 2015

“I probably still haven’t completely adapted to the world. I don’t know, I feel like this isn’t the real world. The people, the scene: they just don’t seem real to me.”

— Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood (via books-n-quotes)

“At the present time, I long only to sleep and to remain silent. I am sick of humanity.”

— Albert Camus to Jean Grenier, Correspondence 1932-1960