To Live Without Philosophizing Is In Truth The 1

To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.

“Thinking is man’s only basic virtue, from which all the others proceed. And his basic vice, the source of all his evils, is that nameless act which all of you practice, but struggle never to admit: the act of blanking out, the willful suspension of one’s consciousness, the refusal to think - not blindness, but the refusal to see; not ignorance, but the refusal to know. It is the act of unfocusing your mind and inducing an inner fog to escape the responsibility of judgment - on the unstated premise that a thing will not exist if only you refuse to identify it, that A will not be A so long as you do not pronounce the verdict ‘It is.”

“Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.”

“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.”

“Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.”

“Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.”