Brutal honesty. Common decency.

Causes are reasons
things happen.

Morals are passions
people serve.

Without us,
the causal universe
could not imagine
the moral universe
within us.

War is a market.

Truth is the sense
that our words can sustain
in the face of experience.

Justice is the sustainability
of our motives.

The philosopher exists
to take perception
back to being
in language,
becoming the pith
of action, giving
inspiration to the poet.

Everyone's romance just got a little harder.

On the Bad Quarto

Our passions would be general.

May our reasons be specific.

Do not seek wisdom. Just reflect on the wisdom you have. Everything is an epiphany. There is no fact to uncover, no scam to get wise to. Everybody knows what you're looking for.

Do not seek love...

Speech is one of the least dangerous things you can do with your ideas. Writing is utterly harmless.

The goal of thinking is to stop thinking.
And begin to see.

The goal of feeling is to stop feeling.
And do something.

Philosophy seeks
precision in stillness:
clarity. Wisdom.

Poetry seeks
precision in movement:
intensity. Love.

Love your enemies.
Fuck them.

Persist. The future
will present itself
              as the past
of least resistance.