Intelligence minus purpose equals stupidity.
Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity.
“Do what you want that works.”
“Snob corrupted.”
“Not by discovering new wow things you are able to understand the truth about nature, but by changing the very fundamental way of perceiving anything you've ever seen in daily life.”
“Fear clogged human potential.”
“Mind easily mesmerized when frightened.”
“Eternal peace is hell for the adventurers.”
“You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and inte...”
“But spontaneity is not by any means a blind, disorderly urge, a mere power of caprice. A philosophy restricted to the alternatives of conventional language has no way of conceiving an intelligence ...”
“I didn't set out to discover a truth. I was actually sent to the Outer Fringes to conduct a chair census and learn some humility. But the truth inevitably found me, as important truths often do, li...”
“Without meaningful work you might as well be dead.”
“One redeeming feature of human beings is that we must work to sustain our survival. Working attaches people to reality; it creates a survival identity, and provides structure to our life. Work prov...”
“What am I living for and what am I dying for are the same question.”
“Stupidity and wisdom meet in the same centre of sentiment and resolution, in the suffering of human accidents.”
“If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow.”
“There are only 2 paths to happiness in life. Utter Stupidity or Exceptional Wealth.”