Every contradiction
we struggle with daily
carries the seeds
of future catastrophe
If we can just take
a few steps back
and manage to see
the full landscape view
our future begins to make
big picture sense
sans distractions of proximity
It's these snarling beasts existing
on the margins of the periphery
in the shadows of anonymity
who feed on our ignorance
that ultimately
#ends up wrecking us
It is not enough to tell me you worked hard to get your gold. So does the Devil work hard.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Essay (1863-10), “Life without Principle,” Atlantic Monthly, No. 72
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…
@CCC that the problem of all brothers and Services from #USA #ourdata #ends #in #Trumpland #oitofcontrol, #thats for #Secret services & #advertising agencies #capital without knowing what happens to it, as in First election campaign of #Trump #Facebook #Analytics without their #knowledge, #Zuckerburg said #Control vor Congress, #um #Breach of promise #today before us for #Trump #traitor of #law & #order #EU please ensure from #DigitalAct otherwise #X #Meta #products also #Amazon #data protection
“How do we know any damned thing? Chaos is our language; our own eccentric rhythms are unsynchronized to Cosmos—with a mildewed ear for the brassy cacophony of imaginary menageries dissonant to each other; and it all ends drooling over minutiae to discover oneself.”
NXT TV ends in controversy – Cageside Seats https://www.inbella.com/811147/nxt-tv-ends-in-controversy-cageside-seats/ #cageside #controversy #ends #EntertainmentNews #FrontPage #in.. #NXT #seats #tv #updated #wwe #WweNxt
A quotation from Emerson, Ralph Waldo:
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Most of the great results of history are brought about by discreditable means.
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https://wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/41438/
looking for mutuals! specifically ART mutuals, ppl who draw or make things, ocs talk etc.
trying this again cuuus, new instance.
-feel free to dm me on DISCORD (tohlejejentvojevina), we can talk on discord or somewhere else if i have an acount on there
-im looking for genuine people, please don't exploit this for free art ;;
- i dont really care about how good at art you are, as long as your fun to talk to and willing to talk
to sort of humanize myself, ill list some of my interests:
- hazbin hotel/helluva fan
- twenty one pilots
- animals, especially snakes and birds
- into dark shit, horror stuff, gore etc.
- unnecessarily well versed in RPG maker games
- memes, but i am a boomer sometimes
- dont mind serious discussions abt difficult topicss !!
- into translations, but thats kind of very specific and useless unless u can speak czech TTuTT
if u cant read something, feel free to ask! my handwritting isnt great, ik #lf #lookingforfriends #looking #mutuals #lookingformutuals #free #freeart #artfriends #oc #originalcharacter #ends
A quotation from Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von:
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Much less evil would be done on earth if evil could not be done in the name of good.
[Es würde sehr wenig Böses auf Erden getan werden, wenn das Böse niemals im Namen des Guten getan werden könnte.]
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https://wist.info/von-ebner-eschenbach-marie/70554/
A quotation from Van Gogh, Vincent:
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When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing we fight a righteous battle, the direct reward of which is that we are kept from much evil.
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https://wist.info/van-gogh-vincent/69467/
A quotation from Steinem, Gloria:
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When I was a student, we used to sit around discussing whether a particular end justified a particular means. On the assumption of everyone from Marx or Machiavelli, I thought that was the question. It took me twenty years to figure out that the #means are the #ends — and vice versa. Whatever means you use become an organic part of the ends you achieve.
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https://wist.info/steinem-gloria/63649/
A quotation from Steinem, Gloria:
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Violent means are unlikely to reach a peaceful end … the ends and means are a seamless web.
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https://wist.info/steinem-gloria/61459/
A quotation from Joubert, Joseph:
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The end of an argument or discussion should be, not victory, but enlightenment.
[Le but de la dispute ou de la discussion ne doit pas être la victoire, mais l’amélioration.]
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https://wist.info/joubert-joseph/6582/
A quotation from Tolkien, J.R.R.:
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For myself, I would see the White Tree in flower again in the courts of the kings, and the Silver Crown return, and Minas Tirith in peace: Minas Anor again as of old, full of light, high and fair, beautiful as a queen among other queens; not as a mistress of many slaves, nay, not even a kind mistress of willing slaves. War…
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https://wist.info/tolkien-jrr/3885/
A quotation from Joubert, Joseph:
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The end of an argument or discussion should be, not victory, but enlightenment.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/joubert-joseph/6582/
