Emerson: Who is He that Shall Control Me?
Who is he that shall control me?
Why may not I act & speak & write & think
with entire freedom? What am I to the
Universe, or, the Universe, what
is it to me?
Who hath forged the chains of Wrong & Right,
of Opinion & Custom? And must I wear them?
Is Society my anointed King?
Or is there any mightier community
or any man or more than man,
whose slave I am?
I am solitary in the vast society of beings;
I consort with no species; I indulge no
sympathies. I see the world, human,
brute & inanimate nature; I am in
the midst of them, but not of them;
I hear the song of the storm— the
Winds & warring Elements sweep by me—
but they mix not with my being.
I see cities & nations & witness passions—
the roar of their laughter— but I partake
it not;— the yell of their grief— it touches
no chord in me; their fellowships & fashions,
lusts & virtues, the words & deeds they
call glory & shame— I disclaim them all.
I say to the Universe, Mighty one! thou art
not my mother; Return to chaos, if thou wilt,
I shall still exist. I live. If I owe my being,
it is to a destiny greater than thine.
Star by Star, world by world,
system by system shall be crushed—
but I shall live.
Journal, Dec. 21, 1823
“I had observed that the men who were most in life, who were molding life, who were life itself, ate little, slept little, owned little or nothing. They had no illusions about duty... or the preservation of the State. They were interested in truth and in truth alone. They recognized only one kind of activity - creation.”
— Henry Miller
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“Every time I hear a political speech or I read those of our leaders, I am horrified at having, for years, heard nothing which sounded human.
It is always the same words telling the same lies.
And the fact that men accept this, that the people’s anger has not destroyed these hollow clowns, strikes me as proof that men attribute no importance to the way they are governed; that they gamble – yes, gamble – with a whole part of their life and their so called 'vital interests.'"
~ Albert Camus
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"What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and shits quantity."
~ William S. Burroughs
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"The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.”
- Ernest Hemingway
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“There is an eerie sense of Panic in the air, a silent Fear and Uncertainty that comes with once-reliable faiths and truths and solid Institutions that are no longer safe to believe in...
There is a Presidential Election, right on schedule, but somehow there is no President.”
— Hunter S. Thompson
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― Vinod Khosla
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