"Yes, your reasoning is sound. But the depth of your conviction is the cause for my concern. For belief is the antithesis of truth."

Perception is reality. For to tell the difference between them requires knowledge beyond our senses.

There is only one way to get what you want in this world - and that is to TAKE it.  Simple.  The problem lies in knowing what you want and where to find it.

If Aristotle was right and the middle is the safe ground, why does society glorify those who live on the edge?  Are they living the lives we wish we had?  Or are they there to help us feel content in our safety far from their recklessness?

The world judges us for what we are, while we see ourselves for what we want to be.

Reason is the great illusion.  Intellect seduces us like a master magician.  We are so focused on our reason and self-determination that we don't see the left hand of instinct taking rationality out of the box and putting emotion in its place.

The perfect man is not the happy man.  For happiness comes from achievement and perfection implies fait de compli - nothing needs to be achieved.

There are no inherent laws we are beholden to; therefore we must choose by what laws we wish to live.

The only thing that gives anything meaning in the universe is conscious thought.

Many things in life do not happen for a reason. Quite the contrary: we choose to give meaning to the random in order to assert our control over chance.