Daniel Quiangala

“Every man at some point in his life needs to be tested so he can find out if he’s a righteous man or an indifferent one.”
― Dannika Dark, Two Minutes

“The spirit gone, man is garbage.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

“Man is a beast of prey. Acute thinkers, like Montaigne and Nietzsche, have always known this. The old fairy-tales and the proverbs of peasant and nomad folk the world over, with their lively cunning: the half-smiling penetration characteristic of the great connoisseur of men, whether statesman or general, merchant or judge, at the maturity of his rich life: the despair of the world-improver who has failed: the invective of the angered priest — in none of these is denial or even concealment of the fact as much as attempted. Only the ceremonious solemnity of idealist philosophers and other . . . theologians has wanted the courage to be open about what in their hearts they knew perfectly well. Ideals are cowardice. Yet, even from the works of these one could cull a pretty anthology of opinions that they have from time to time let slip concerning the beast in man.”
― Oswald Spengler, Man and Technics: A Contribution to a Philosophy of Life

“When it comes to seeking a change of heart, our starting place must include our present situation, with the people we live with right here and now. It is with these very people that we must learn to forgo all taking of offense.”
― C. Terry Warner, Bonds That Make Us Free: Healing Our Relationship, Coming to Ourselves