Awakening Quotes

“Do not confuse shared sympathies with shared values for in doing so you may make friends of people who may turn out to be annoyances at best and enemies at worst. - On Sympathies and Values”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“Do not confuse shared sympathies with shared values for in doing so you may make friends of people who may turn out to be annoyances at best and enemies at worst. - On Sympathies and Values”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“You do not make money borrowing money; you make money making money-making money. - On Making Money”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“The rule through pandemic medical and emergency decrees is nothing more than a coup d’état on a worldwide scale and it therefore follows the same patterns, not necessarily in the same order, observed in banana republics:
First, pointing to a threat, lockdown of the borders, and restrictions of the means of transportation; checked.
Second, full control of the media; checked.
Third, declaration of a state of emergency and deployment of forces on the ground; checked.
Fourth, restrictions of assembly and civil rights; checked.
Fifth, repressive measure for those not cooperating; checked.
Sixth, changes to the figures and political scene as some go away and old ones come back; checked.
Seventh, attempt to return to normalcy; checked. - On Tyranny Through Emergency Decrees”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“There’s nothing wrong with coming back, the Sun does it every day. - On the Reluctance of Going Back”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“There are those who ask why there is fire and there are others who ask what makes it stay ablaze. The first are not necessarily less wise than the second for they are metaphysical philosophers while the latter are scientists. - On Philosophy and Science”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“Chasing a butterfly with a hammer. - On Uncouth Diplomacy”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“The only value that truly matters is the one you give yourself. - The Mother of All Values”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“We have seen viruses which reproduced themselves in packs to do evil, but we have also seen the atom, which when split in half, destroys itself and the viruses, thus, generating a power never seen on the face of the Earth.
A little bit later in eternity, we have met with the nucleus whose individual fission produces in profusion more than what the atom ever imagined. - On the Power of the Little Guy”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“We have seen viruses which reproduced themselves in packs to do evil, but we have also seen the atom, which when split in half, destroy itself and the viruses, thus, generating a power never seen on the face of the Earth.
A little bit later in eternity, we have met with the nucleus whose individual fission produces in profusion more than what the atom ever imagined. - On the Power of the Little Guy”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“Like many other world religions, nationalism requires its adapts to adhere to a strict dogma. They must also provide a sacrifice of blood and money to its altar. It is just that nationalism is clever enough not to call itself a religion.
Science, inspired by the same mechanism is not reluctant to instill guilt, call in for prophets of doom to provide us with the reason for the end of the world, through climate change, and provide us with dates of when all hell will break loose as a punishment for our environmental crimes.
How to find one’s way through the maze?
It seems to me that it is only reason that doesn’t require any reasons for it is itself a reason. - On Nationalism and Science as Religions”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“There is as much truth in the COVID-19 case as there was in the claim of existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq under Saddam Hussein. COVID-19 with its antisocial laws is but the traditional coup of power consolidation by the few and the transfer of the valuable goods of the many into their hands. - On the Novel Virus”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“Through the novel coronavirus hoax, which literally was inspired by a novel, the owners of the world have flexed their muscles and the whole planet has reacted. - On the Novel Inspired Virus”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“At the end of the virus psychosis, the population will be so ripped off that it will be left naked, but it will be relieved that it doesn’t have to wear a mask any more. - On Pandemics”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“Being good is not a state of mind, it is a constant struggle. - On Being Good”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“Be as generous as the sun, but keep your distance lest you burn the recipients. - On the Need of Subtleness in Generosity”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“Living in a good neighbourhood but alone. - On Leadership”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“It follows from experience that love is of the laws of attraction, but it is ultimately a decision. – On Love”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“Without a reference point, all judgment is madness. All flawed points of reference lead but to errors. Luck wants it that an error in decadence reveals its true face and the examination of its premises is then unavoidable. - On Reference Points”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“Being miserable is something one carries in the soul before it is made apparent in the spirit. - On Being Miserable”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“We have the philosophy of one’s personal limitations. - On Philosophy”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“Of all the justices, restitution is the hardest one for it requires fairness to the past and to the present; two things that are not meant to meet, but which in human claims often do. - On Restitution”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening