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Just posting mostly positive, mostly Stoic quotes that I find meaningful to try and dilute the negativity on the internet.
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· Mar 20
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall - think of it, always."
-Mahatma Gandhi
-Mahatma Gandhi
“It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.”
-Leonardo da Vinci
-Leonardo da Vinci
February 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
“It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.”
-Leonardo da Vinci
-Leonardo da Vinci
“The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts.”
-Marcus Aurelius
-Marcus Aurelius
February 5, 2026 at 4:11 PM
“The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts.”
-Marcus Aurelius
-Marcus Aurelius
"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it."
-Thucydides
-Thucydides
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it."
-Thucydides
-Thucydides
"One of our two major parties is dominated by extremists dedicated to destroying the social contract, and the other party has been so enfeebled by two decades of collaboration with the donor class it can offer only feeble resistance to the forces that are devastating everyday people."
-Bill Moyers
-Bill Moyers
February 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM
"One of our two major parties is dominated by extremists dedicated to destroying the social contract, and the other party has been so enfeebled by two decades of collaboration with the donor class it can offer only feeble resistance to the forces that are devastating everyday people."
-Bill Moyers
-Bill Moyers
“Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.”
-Aristophanes
-Aristophanes
February 2, 2026 at 8:42 PM
“Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.”
-Aristophanes
-Aristophanes
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“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
-Friedrich Nietzsche
-Friedrich Nietzsche
May 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
-Friedrich Nietzsche
-Friedrich Nietzsche
"A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends."
-Henry A. Wallace
-Henry A. Wallace
January 26, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends."
-Henry A. Wallace
-Henry A. Wallace
“For mankind, evil is injustice and cruelty and indifference to a neighbor’s trouble, while virtue is brotherly love and goodness and justice and beneficence and concern for the welfare of your neighbor.”
-Musonius Rufus
-Musonius Rufus
January 22, 2026 at 5:07 PM
“For mankind, evil is injustice and cruelty and indifference to a neighbor’s trouble, while virtue is brotherly love and goodness and justice and beneficence and concern for the welfare of your neighbor.”
-Musonius Rufus
-Musonius Rufus
“All cruelty springs from weakness”
-Seneca
-Seneca
January 21, 2026 at 5:24 PM
“All cruelty springs from weakness”
-Seneca
-Seneca
"The cause of the commoners is patently more just than that of the elites, for the latter wish to rule and oppress, while the former wish only not to be oppressed."
-Machiavelli
-Machiavelli
January 20, 2026 at 6:31 PM
"The cause of the commoners is patently more just than that of the elites, for the latter wish to rule and oppress, while the former wish only not to be oppressed."
-Machiavelli
-Machiavelli
"Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perennially rejuvenated illusions."
-Albert Einstein
-Albert Einstein
January 14, 2026 at 3:31 PM
"Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perennially rejuvenated illusions."
-Albert Einstein
-Albert Einstein
"This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance."
-Philip K. Dick
-Philip K. Dick
January 13, 2026 at 3:27 PM
"This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance."
-Philip K. Dick
-Philip K. Dick
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
-James Waterman Wise
-James Waterman Wise
January 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
-James Waterman Wise
-James Waterman Wise
"My third maxim was to endeavor always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order of the world, and in general, accustom myself to the persuasion that, except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power...”
-René Descartes
-René Descartes
January 8, 2026 at 3:58 PM
"My third maxim was to endeavor always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order of the world, and in general, accustom myself to the persuasion that, except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power...”
-René Descartes
-René Descartes
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
-Fyodor Dostoevsky
-Fyodor Dostoevsky
January 7, 2026 at 7:44 PM
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
-Fyodor Dostoevsky
-Fyodor Dostoevsky
“No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful.”
-Kurt Vonnegut
-Kurt Vonnegut
January 6, 2026 at 5:37 PM
“No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful.”
-Kurt Vonnegut
-Kurt Vonnegut
“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.”
-William Faulkner
-William Faulkner
January 5, 2026 at 9:47 PM
“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.”
-William Faulkner
-William Faulkner
“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.”
-Rebecca West
-Rebecca West
December 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.”
-Rebecca West
-Rebecca West
“The most worthless of mankind are not afraid to condemn in others the same disorders which they allow in themselves; and can readily discover some nice difference in age, character, or station, to justify the partial distinction.”
-Edward Gibbon
-Edward Gibbon
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“The most worthless of mankind are not afraid to condemn in others the same disorders which they allow in themselves; and can readily discover some nice difference in age, character, or station, to justify the partial distinction.”
-Edward Gibbon
-Edward Gibbon
“People dull their wits with gibberish,
and cannot use their ears and eyes.
Many fail to grasp what they have seen,
and cannot judge what they have learned,
although they tell themselves they know.”
-Heraclitus
and cannot use their ears and eyes.
Many fail to grasp what they have seen,
and cannot judge what they have learned,
although they tell themselves they know.”
-Heraclitus
December 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“People dull their wits with gibberish,
and cannot use their ears and eyes.
Many fail to grasp what they have seen,
and cannot judge what they have learned,
although they tell themselves they know.”
-Heraclitus
and cannot use their ears and eyes.
Many fail to grasp what they have seen,
and cannot judge what they have learned,
although they tell themselves they know.”
-Heraclitus
“When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
-Albert Camus
-Albert Camus
December 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
“When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
-Albert Camus
-Albert Camus
"The Conservative party now exists largely to misinform the public, to convince voters struggling through austerity that they have the same interests as billionaires and corporations."
-Frankie Boyle
-Frankie Boyle
December 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"The Conservative party now exists largely to misinform the public, to convince voters struggling through austerity that they have the same interests as billionaires and corporations."
-Frankie Boyle
-Frankie Boyle
“Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury to sustain it.”
-Lysander Spooner
-Lysander Spooner
December 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury to sustain it.”
-Lysander Spooner
-Lysander Spooner