Liberty A. > Liberty's Quotes

“My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others! ”
― Marquis de Sade

“Either kill me or take me as I am, because I'll be damned if I ever change.”
― marquis de sade

“It is only by way of pain one arrives at pleasure”
― Marquis de Sade

“In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.”
― Marquis de Sade

“The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.”
― Marquis de Sade, Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings

“A very, in a sense, terrifying aspect of our society, and other societies, is the equanimity and the detachment with which sane, reasonable, sensible people can observe [war]. I think that's more terrifying than the occasional Hitler or LeMay or other that crops up. These people would not be able to operate were it not for this apathy and equanimity...and therefore I think that it's, in some sense, the sane and reasonable and tolerant people who share a very serious burden of guilt that they very easily throw on the shoulders of others who seem more extreme and violent.”
― Noam Chomsky

“People not only don't know what's happening to them, they don't even know that they don't know.”
― Noam Chomsky

“Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we’d like to be. And that sucks. But when you’re confronted with that fact, you can either crawl into a hole and quit, or you can get out there, take off your shoes, and Bilbo it up.”
― Patrick Rothfuss