Thoughts for the Day

A) I would rather eat a plate of steamed broccoli with sensual relish than take even one second to pray to god before a slab of BBQ ribs or pepperoni pizza.

C) No one really wants anyone or anything enough to break boundaries.

D) Experience has shown me that people of all minds, levels of knowledge, and intelligences are very able and willing to disregard things that others might consider profound as trivial, banal, or salacious. What this shows is not that there aren't very profound things in the world, but rather that the human imagination has a strong tendency towards sloth. [I know, just this week I said "nothing is profound"... well, do you think these thoughts are always directed at others?]

E) The world is [hers], who can see through its pretension. - Emerson

F) Pleasure throughout all the day does no good for a human. Doing work all day that one does not thoroughly enjoy is also no good. One must have some difficulty in one's life, but this is not the same thing as hardship, which can and should always be avoided.

G) What is hunger? Is it a desire, drive, or inspiration?

H) Following one's own conviction is certainly more than giving oneself over to authority; but changing an opinion accepted on authority into an opinion held out of personal conviction, does not necessarily alter the content of the opinion, or replace error with truth. The only difference between being caught up in a system of opinions and prejudices based on personal conviction, and being caught up in one based on the authority of others, lies in the added conceit that is innate in the former position. - Hegel