The Cynic's Tub

We may pass violets looking for roses

Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.

It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

I may be no better, but at least I am different.

There's something about being afraid, about being small, about enforced humility that draws me to climbing.

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

We’re all ghosts here and so it’s counterproductive to pretend that we were ever even alive

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.

Happiness is indeed a Eurydice, vanishing as soon as gazed upon. It can exist only in acceptance, and succumbs as soon as it is laid claim to.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

We are here on earth to fart around. Don't let anyone tell you any differently.

Oh, a lion hunter in the jungle dark, And a sleeping drunkard up in central park, and a Chinese dentist and a British queen All fit together in the same machine. Nice, nice, such very different people in the same device!