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  • The fools standpoint is that all social institutions are games. He sees the whole world as game playing. That's why, when people take their games seriously and take on stern and pious expressions, the fool gets the giggles because he knows that it is all a game.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Expression Quotes , Games Quotes
  • The various languages placed side by side show that with words it is never a question of truth, never a question of adequate expression; otherwise, there would not be so many languages. The 'thing in itself' (which is precisely what the pure truth, apart from any of its consequences, would be) is likewise something quite incomprehensible to the creator of language and something not in the least worth striving for.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes , Expression Quotes , Sides Quotes
  • It is easy to distinguish between the joking that reflects good breeding and that which is coarse-the one, if aired at an apposite moment of mental relaxation, is becoming in the most serious of men, whereas the other is unworthy of any free person, if the content is indecent or the expression obscene.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes , Men Quotes , Expression Quotes
  • I am an expression of the divine, just like a peach is, just like a fish is. I have a right to be this way...I can't apologize for that, nor can I change it, nor do I want to... We will never have to be other than who we are in order to be successful...We realize that we are as ourselves unlimited and our experiences valid. It is for the rest of the world to recognize this, if they choose.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Alice Walker Quotes , Successful Quotes , Expression Quotes
  • Sentimentalists ... adopt whatever merit is in good repute, and almost make it hateful with their praise. The warmer their expressions, the colder we feel.... Cure the drunkard, heal the insane, mollify the homicide, civilize the Pawnee, but what lessons can be devised for the debauchee of sentiment?
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Expression Quotes , Insane Quotes