"Shades of Scarlett Conquering" from The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Songs
Source: https://twitter.com/IAmMarkManson/status/1085556786374029312
“It is harder to fight against pleasure than against anger.”
As quoted by Aristotle in Nicomachean Ethics, Book II (1105a)
Source: One Night @ the Call Center (2005), P. 239
“Though I imagine in your case, trying not to fall just made you fall harder.”
Source: Every Boy's Got One
“That is what love is for me, trying harder for each other.”
ALOK: The Urgent Need for Compassion | The Man Enough Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq3C9R8HNUQ, 26 July 2021
“Immortality is like trying to carve your initials in a block of ice in the middle of July.”
“The harder you try to change yourself the worse it gets. You are called upon to be aware.”
"Hidden Agenda" p. 145
Awareness (1992)
Context: Before enlightenment, I used to be depressed; after enlightenment, I continue to be depressed. You don't make a goal out of relaxation and sensitivity. Have you ever heard of people who get tense trying to relax? If one is tense, one simply observes one's tension. You will never understand yourself if you seek to change yourself. The harder you try to change yourself the worse it gets. You are called upon to be aware.
