Utilitarianism breaches personal freedoms and leads to genocides. Even if its means were somehow justified, it puts too much trust in its operator; life cannot guarantee any certain outcome

Socialism fails because of the tragedy of the commons—a kind of prisoner’s dilemma. The impossibility of foretelling others’ behavior leads to fellows putting short-term selfly benefits ahead of overall

We are all unique and abnormal in some way or another. We all were not given something that most others were given

Pursuing technology for the sake of technology leads to soulless artificiality

The utmost truth cannot be put into words. God is incomprehensible

Money is a go-between—a supposedly neutral tool that involved parties trust more than they trust each other

Demons don’t possess a person suddenly—he lets them take over

Political issues exist because of the immoral use of force. No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent

Perhaps souls do indeed reïncarnate. If so, reïncarnation is way better than any material immortality, as it allows to live thru different upbringings in different bodies

Beauty is the symbol of good, and nature is the greatest source of it. Beauty and truth are inescapably linked...

Some tolerance is needed in society. It lets folk experiment and innovate—no problem was ever solved by applying a single technique in a uniform manner

René Descartes: I think, therefore I am. Robert Blinov: I dreamt, therefore I slept

Event organisers should not give the press any privileges above the common man; the press no longer represents the people when it becomes a class of its own

Luck does not exist. Quoting Ron Swanson, luck is a concept invented by the weak to explain their failures

Not only are simulated entities completely controlled by someone, they only exist in that someone’s world and cannot be conscious

Ascetics are defined as people who pursue extreme self-denial and austerity

If North Koreans genuinely believe that their life is okay, their life is okay. If Saudi women genuinely believe that they have enough rights, they have enough rights

Life has no reason to make the best choices for you, so make your own

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom