Evil is without ‘why’ because its raison d'être is to proclaim that everything which exists has no meaning, obeys no order, pursues no aim, depends only on the power it can exercise to impose its will on the objects of its appetite.

- André Green

There's nothing to see here and nothing gazes back at me.

On pragmatism and semiotics:

There has never been a greater symbol of equality among Men before God than a weapon - which did indeed bring all Men equal under God.

For he fought in the foxholes and at this I will boast,
don't they look fine and handsome, my poor Johnny Boy's bones?

 "Life means struggle, battle — war. Where it ceases to be that, its standard falls; it degenerates." - Anthony Ludovici

"Beware those quick to praise for they need praise in return. Beware those who are quick to censor for they are afraid of what they do not know. Beware those who seek constant crowds for they are nothing alone. Beware the average man, the average woman, beware their love. Their love is average, seeks average, but there is genius in their hatred. There is enough genius in their hatred to kill you, to kill anybody. Not wanting solitude, not understanding solitude, they will attempt to destroy anything that differs from their own. Not being able to create art they will not understand art. They will consider their failure as creators only as a failure of the world. Not being able to love fully they will believe your love incomplete, and then they will hate you, and their hatred will be perfect." - Charles Bukowsky

On attachment, investment & return:

Tibetan monks will spend weeks, months working on a painting like this, a Mandala, just to wipe it away in an instant. Understand - God will watch your life the same way. You will spend decades building a beautiful poem only for it to be wiped clean in an instant.

Do not attach yourself to the transient World too much - you do not get to take it with you to the afterlife.