“There is a systematic flocci-nauci-nihili-pilification of all other aspects of existence that angers me.”

Patrick O'Brian

Patrick O'Brian - “There is a systematic flocci-nauci...” 1

Similar quotes

“In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans; in one aspect of You are found all the aspects of existence.”

Kahlil Gibran Jr.
Read more

“I saw the horrible way that people could treat each other. That may be the saddest thing of all. I saw greed and anger and murder and a total lack of concern for human life. It was a wicked side of the human soul that I saw... and it saddened me to know that such a dark place existed.”

D. J. MacHale
Read more

“Their friendship was only one aspect of their lives but it seemed to give meaning to all the others.”

Ann Brashares
Read more

“The most dramatic instances of directed behavior change and "mind control" are not the consequence of exotic forms of influence, such as hypnosis, psychotropic drugs, or "brainwashing," but rather the systematic manipulation of the most mundane aspects of human nature over time in confining settings.”

Philip G. Zimbardo
Read more

“Space and silence are two aspects of the same thing. The same no-thing. They are externalization of inner space and inner silence, which is stillness: the infinitely creative womb of all existence.”

Eckhart Tolle
Read more