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41 " There is goodness in every woman, in every man. Some have not learned to use it yet. A part of them never will. Unfortunately, they lack the ways or the means to display it to the world. "
― Giannis Delimitsos
42 " A book that has been written has very little value. What matters the most is the book that has been read, sometimes many years or centuries after its creation. It’ s like a diamond; resting deeply in the mud, it will never shine until someone picks it up and makes it clean. "
43 " Life is always a victory. How can we ever fail by living, when death – the ultimate “failure” – is the only certainty? "
44 " To find a meaning or to create a meaning; there is no crucial difference as long as it takes away the unpleasant odors of the mortal existence. "
45 " To insist that we always prefer reality over delusion is to deny reality and indulge in delusion. Nature’s process of Evolution “wants” its beloved children alive, productive and successful, regardless of what is true or false, reality or dream. "
46 " We learn the world to better learn ourselves. And the better we know ourselves, the more we know the world. "
47 " The only real freedom the human animal can achieve is the release from meanings. If we don’t have anywhere in particular to go, we can never be lost; if we have nothing to prove, we can never fail. "
48 " Before you think you are surrounded by idiots, make sure that you don’t suffer from narcissism. "
― Giannis Delimitsos , A PHILOSOPHICAL KALEIDOSCOPE: Thoughts, Contemplations, Aphorisms
49 " Believing that it is in the human nature to seek truth more than it seeks hope and alleviation, because a few individuals were staunch truth-seekers, is to believe that, because parrots can speak, it is in the nature of the birds to speak!Heraclitus, Galileo, Darwin, Spinoza, Einstein and a few thousands more against the about 117 billions who have walked the Earth… "
50 " Patience, among other things, also means to appreciate the time we have and to create the time we don’t have. "
51 " job (noun): the work that we do to secure the means of survival and – in some cases – a spring of satisfaction and delight; more often, a useful tool that we have in our possession in order to distract ourselves from potential alarming thoughts and to release us from the boredom of inactivity. Furthermore, a source that finances our leisure time so that this can effectively continue the important task of distraction. "
52 " A definition of Life: an emerging Order that defies the lordship of Chaos. "
53 " Today is the day. In fact, today is always the day, my friends! "