“There is a veil: that veil is black. It is the veil of the modest woman; it is the veil of sorrow, & the pall of death: this is none of me. Tear down that lying spectre of the centuries: veil not your vices in virtuous words: these vices are my service; ye do well, & I will reward you here and hereafter.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2025/10/09/there-is-a-veil-that-veil-is-black-it-is-the-veil-of-the-modest-woman-it-is-the-veil-of-sorrow-the-pall-of-death-this-is-none-of-me-tear-down-that-lying-spectre-of-the-centuries-veil/

#aleisterCrowley #black #book #centuries #death #doWell #here #hereafter #liberLegis #lyingSpectre #modestWoman #noneOfMe #pall #quote #reward #service #sorrow #tearDown #TheBookOfTheLaw #veil #veilNot #vices #virtuousWords

For once, the Censor Board seems to have chosen societal responsibility over its usual role as a choreographer for the vampire administration. A rare moment—should we mark it on the calendar? A moving cry for #Justice and liberation from the #Vices

The Censor Board finally found its backbone—or was it just an accidental slip? Either way, the vampire administration’s tunes seem offbeat today. Will this trend last?

No more drinking? Like ever ever?

I’m gonna be down to two “vices” here pretty soon. #vices #coldturkey

A quotation from Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1738 ed.)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/74…

#quote #quotes #quotation #error #faults #forgiveness #humannature #humility #others #perspective #responsibility #selfawareness #sins #tolerance #vices #weaknesses

A quotation from Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Epistulae ad Atticum [Letters to Atticus], Book 2, Letter 17, sec. 2 (2.17.2) (59 BC) [tr. Winstedt (1912)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

#quote #quotes #quotation #failings #faults #selfawareness #selfcriticism #vices #meme

Here's a piece from my Substack about how we get things wrong and fail in our moral lives, a matter we often give enough attention or thought to, and which virtue ethics approaches can help with

https://gregorybsadler.substack.com/p/how-do-we-get-things-wrong-let-us
#Philosophy #Ethics #Life #Mistakes #Errors #Failures #Vices