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Within the structures of commonsense reality and personal ability we can choose to do anything we like in this world…with one exception: We cannot choose what any of our choices will be. To do that, we would have to be capable of making ourselves into self-made individuals as opposed to being individuals who simply make choices
Thomas Ligotti, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race, P. 94  (via substantia-nigra)

‘Pray for peace, why can’t we just get along, let’s stop the hate’…these are the cries of those who don’t know how to respond to violence. There is only one way to respond to the violent, it is to respond with such overwhelming violence of action, with such brutality, with such horror, that it is remembered for several generations. Overwhelming violence, or the threat of it, provides a path to peace. Until everyone’s different versions of heaven comes about in the afterlife, an altruistic state will never be realized as long as hate lives in the hearts of men. Therefore, we must cause fear in those hearts, so violence against us will never be a consideration. Sadly, we Americans do not understand this and as such will continue to deal with these tragedies, give up our freedoms for a relative security in the hopes that these terrible actions, by those who hate us, will be thwarted. 
If you want peace and to live a life of security, we must have the will to do to our enemies what they would thrust upon us, but multiplied 10 times.

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Always have the highest bar for yourself. Wake up everyday and no matter how crappy you feel, want to change something for the better. Do something that makes someone happy. Create something that inspires someone. Be someone’s light when they are hopeless.
Dave Grohl (via infinite-paradox)

(Source: mikeschreiber)