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Sam

Joy is not in things; it is in us-Richard Wagner

About Me



What philosophical archetype are you?
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You scored as Absurd Hero

Life is absurd, but that is no reason to become a depressive emo. You are a regular Camus style Sisyphus, finding happiness through pointless and repetitive labour and laughing at the general insanity of the world. Unlike the vast majority of abstract philosophical archetypes you actually like people.


Absurd Hero


87%

Philosopher King


67%

The Prince


67%

Ellsworth Toohey


67%

Ubermensch


60%

The Underground Man


53%

The Fountainhead


47%

The Last Man


43%

Sadean Libertine


33%

My Interests

liebe ohne leiden kann man nicht meiden

I'd like to meet:

id like to meet Vince DeRosabEcause of him im alive--- Be kind - Remember every one you meet is fighting a battle - everybody's lonesome-marion parker ---this is the man:..
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Music:

"Selig sind, die da Leid tragen, denn sie sollen getroestet werden"

Movies:

Bernstein harvard lectures

Books:

Crime and Punishment F. Dostoyevsky

Heroes:

Johann Wolfgang Goethe Samuel Taylor ColeridgeMILTON CHAUCER SHAKESPEARE BACON ORWELL DANTEGOULD BACH TOSCANINI KARAJAN SOLTI BARENBOIM BERNSTEIN RICHTER BOEHM

My Blog

The Triumph of Beethoven

This is a quote taken from Beethoven notes during his years of seclusion-1816 to the end of his life. .. "Only loveyes, only love can give you a happier life&You must not be a human being, not for ...
Posted by Sam on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:14:00 PST

Truth Trascends

i believe truth, either created by God or by man, is universal. And that it can be found in any philosophy or theology, society or art.  -Whether we're buddhist or christian, sinners or sai...
Posted by Sam on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:33:00 PST

Some quotes and words gathered in idyllwild from people i love

Don't worry so much about what people think about you, but rather about how they think of you- Sam A.  There is a time in life when we make the transition from willing selfish desires to desirin...
Posted by Sam on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:03:00 PST

Immortality; Beethoven; Heroism

When i hear beethoven, i feel everything i need to feel and am exactly where i want to be: experiencing beauty, witnessing greatness, enduring struggle, achieving glory. THE FIRST CHORDS OF ...
Posted by Sam on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:16:00 PST

SUCCESS

In order to achieve success one musn't pursue it. "success" is a by-product of greatness and not a goal.    -it is also indefinable.  so stop worrying about becoming something great a...
Posted by Sam on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:22:00 PST

To everyone:

to all with whom I am acquainted-   "i no longer accept you for who you are... RATIONALE: as soon as we accept something/someone for what it is we cease to be astonished by i...
Posted by Sam on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:52:00 PST

strength and weakness

Das Leben kann so prachvoll durch eine bescheidene, spuerbare Erkenntniss sein:man muss seine eigene Leidenschaft selber treiben, um seine Kraefte nicht zu unterschaetzen; seine Schwaeche immer zu erk...
Posted by Sam on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:52:00 PST

decisions

  ...order is our demise.   it is only in choas that we excogitate, and regret.  and it is only by regretting that we make better decisions.  ...
Posted by Sam on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:58:00 PST

life

life is life. ...when is life ever good?   its joyful, its sad...its glum and cheery... but is it ever just "good"? no- it's perpetually beautiful
Posted by Sam on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:44:00 PST

for girls who know guys who call them "ho"s

i guess guys are just dumbasses.  ok, we all know that... but for some reason girls just seem to see past that blindingly dumbass quality in every self-absorbed friggin rapper wanna-be dumba...
Posted by Sam on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 05:38:00 PST