12 Quotes by Giannis Delimitsos

We learn the world to better learn ourselves. And the better we know ourselves, the more we know the world.

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.

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.

The human existence is an audacious chaos disturbing the Order of Cosmos.

A definition of Life: an emerging Order that defies the lordship of Chaos.

Ideologies are sacred in normal times. But when chaos begins to reign, or when a radical change of the person’s status occurs, ideologies may be abandoned or created in a second.

The definition of the “ideal” philosopher, the sage? The seeker who knows a hundred reasons to be unhappy, but finds a thousand ways to be placid and content. She has the clarity of the scientist, the erudition of the teacher, the goodness of the saint.

Even the great man’s legacy is a momentary postponement of the elimination of the memory of him, at best until the Red Giant devours poor Gaia, or – most probably – until humanity finds a way to become extinct in a previous stage.

The modern man adores individualism as long as he has freedom, health, safety and wealth, but when he loses one of them turns to the state and to others demanding compensation and support.