It is not a very pleasing spectacle to observe uncultivated ignorance and crudity of mind, with neither form nor taste, without the capacity to concentrate its thoughts on an abstract proposition, still less on a connected statement of such propositions, confidently proclaiming itself to be intellectual freedom and toleration, and even the inspiration of genius.
-GWFH
Love thou thy dream
All base love scorning,
Love thou the wind
And here take warning
That dreams alone can truly be,
For ‘tis in dream I come to thee.
-Ezra Pound
Early rising is one of the most essential qualities which enter into good Household Management, as it is not only the parent of health, but of innumerable other advantages. Indeed, when a mistress is an early riser, it is almost certain that her house will be orderly and well-managed. On the contrary, if she remain in bed till a late hour, then the domestics, who, as we have before observed, invariably partake somewhat of their mistress’s character, will surely become sluggards. To self-indulgence all are more or less disposed, and it is not to be expected that servants are freer from this fault than the heads of houses.
Plans will erode, and give fodder to beliefs that chaos is a test of your resolve, or a sign of your haste, or both, or neither, or nothing. All the while, you can recognize that the underlying propensity of intentions to seek a state of lesser coherence is simply in the nature of intentions as such. Any imposed narrative of intent from without is contained within that state, and not a meaning that sits above it.
Good for you
That your faked enlightenment
Has resulted in blowjobs.
But I’m not sure that posture
Is the humility intended
By the words that you ape.
Yes, at times, it must be said. It should be an instinct, but the need for the words does arise. “Stay away from shit and shitty things.” And it even bears repeating. Stay away from shit and shitty things.
Cutting insight…
My hypothesis is that it is precisely the dumbing down of U.S. education over the last decades that explains the increase in willingness to pay for education. The mechanism is diminishing marginal returns to education.
Typical graduate business school education has indeed become less rigorous over time, as has typical college education. But typical high school education has declined in quality just as much. As a result, the human capital difference between a college and high-school graduate has increased, because the first increments of education are more valuable on the job market than the later ones. It used to be that everybody could read and understand something like Orwell’s Animal Farm, but the typical college graduates could also understand Milton or Spencer. Now, nobody grasps Milton but only the college grads can process Animal Farm, and for employers the See Spot Run–>Animal Farm jump is more valuable than the Animal Farm–>Milton jump.
Steve Postrel, ”Marginalism and the Higher Ed Paradox,” StrategyProfs.net, June 19, 2012
Yes, I will, and no, you won’t
Yes, you are, and no, I’m not
I will, I want
You should, you should
You shouldn’t
“Lord Kalki will appear in the home of the most eminent brahmana of Shambhala village, the great soul Vishnuyasha.”
“Lord Kalki, the Lord of the universe, will mount His swift horse Devadatta and, sword in hand, travel over the earth exhibiting His eight mystic opulence’s and eight special qualities of Godhead.
“Displaying His unequalled effulgence and riding with great speed, He will kill by the millions those thieves who have dared dress as kings.”
“After all the imposter kings have been killed, the residents of the cities and towns will feel the breezes carrying the most sacred fragrance of the sandalwood paste and other decorations of Lord Kalki, and their minds will thereby become transcendentally pure.”
“When the Supreme Lord Hari [Krishna] has appeared on earth as Kalki, the maintainer of religion, Satya-yuga [the age of truth] will begin, and human society will bring forth progeny in the mode of goodness.”