Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens. Essays

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. The Soul of Man Under Socialism

The soul, being a harmony, can never utter a note at variance with the tensions and relaxations and vibrations and other affections of the strings out of which she is composed; she can only follow, she cannot lead them? ...And yet do we not now discover the soul to be doing the exact opposite—leading the elements of which she is believed to be composed; almost always opposing and coercing them in all sorts of ways throughout life... threatening and reprimanding the desires, passions, fears, as if talking to a thing which is not herself... The Trials Of Socrates

(…) Self-improvement is really about prioritizing better values, choosing better things to give a fuck about. The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*Ck