Kenneth Pike's quotes

Living Simply

28 April 2007 - 1:31am — Kenneth Pike
"The ordinary man seeks honour, not dishonour, cherishing success and abominating failure, loving life, whilst fearing death. The sage does not recognise these things, so lives his life quite simply."
— Lao Tzu

Only Us

28 April 2007 - 1:31am — Kenneth Pike
"This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It's us. Only us."
— Rorschach

No Need for Hierarchy

28 April 2007 - 1:31am — Kenneth Pike
"Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend."
— Albert Camus

The Ugliness of Fear

28 April 2007 - 1:31am — Kenneth Pike
"Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear."
— Albert Camus

Love

28 April 2007 - 1:31am — Kenneth Pike
"I know of only one duty, and that is to love."
— Albert Camus

Not What You've Done, But What You Do

28 April 2007 - 1:31am — Kenneth Pike
"It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting."
— Albert Camus

Dogma

28 April 2007 - 1:31am — Kenneth Pike
"Dogma is the sacrifice of wisdom to consistency."
— Lewis Perelman

God's Humor

28 April 2007 - 1:31am — Kenneth Pike
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
— Voltaire

Laws

28 April 2007 - 1:31am — Kenneth Pike
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."
— Plato

Use Your Brain

28 April 2007 - 1:31am — Kenneth Pike
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
— Galileo Galilei
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