By David Grey
History is not a continuum or a flow of time; it is a sequence of events made by people. The present and the future are being shaped by different people than those of Lenin’s country or his generation. But the same problems that confronted Lenin are continually arising, although in somewhat different form now than then. His solutions to these problems are thus so relevant that they cry out for our attention and emulation.
One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.
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| — | Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms (via philosophybits) |
diary-of-a-teenage-blacksmith:
I realize this is a cast iron gate but I’m choosing to believe it’s a magic protection ritual
It IS a magic protection ritual, and it summons an iron gate to protect you from intruders.
“I cast Iron Gate!”
As a blacksmith I have been called a wizard by several small kids
