hopeful pessimism

Be aware, when you change, evolve or try something new you will make people very uncomfortable for 2 reasons.

First, they will have to adjust how they are with you. Most people are fearful and lazy so they will resent you for this.

Secondly, by you changing, especially for what you believe is ‘the better’, you force others to take a look at themselves and the things they would like to change… but change is tough, so they will resent you for making it obvious that they are responsible for their circumstances.

Ignore them, and keep Growing Stronger! In time they will either adjust to the new you, choose to grow stronger themselves, or simply disappear.

—Elliott Hulse

(Source: lillyfelizitas, via lillyfelizitas)

I took a test in Existentialism. I left all the answers blank and got 100.

—Woody Allen (via fuckyeahexistentialism)

“There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part! You can’t even passively take part! And you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels…upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop! And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!”

“There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part! You can’t even passively take part! And you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels…upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop! And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!”

thephilosophyofbatman: Beware the Court of Owls,That watches all the time.Ruling Gotham from a shadowed perch,Behind granite and lime.They watch you at your hearth,They watch you in your bed,Speak not a whispered word of them,Or they’ll send the Talon for your head!

thephilosophyofbatman:

Beware the Court of Owls,
That watches all the time.
Ruling Gotham from a shadowed perch,
Behind granite and lime.
They watch you at your hearth,
They watch you in your bed,
Speak not a whispered word of them,
Or they’ll send the Talon for your head!

(Source: thebatass)

“There is only one god, and his name is Death.  And there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’.”

“There is only one god, and his name is Death.  And there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’.”

(Source: beyondtoast)

Gestalt Prayer

I do my thing and you do your thing.
I am not in this world to live up to your expectations,
And you are not in this world to live up to mine.
You are you, and I am I,
and if by chance we find each other, it’s beautiful.
If not, it can’t be helped.

We impose meaning on the chaos of our lives. We create form, morality, order. It’s a choice we have to make every second of every minute of every day.  Batman

We impose meaning on the chaos of our lives. We create form, morality,
order. It’s a choice we have to make every second of every minute of
every day. 

Batman