He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish, but build. He must raise temples where mankind may come and partake of the purest pleasure.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

~ Oscar Wilde

Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

~ John Locke

Since we can never hope to understand why we're here, if there's even anything to understand, the individual should choose a goal and pursue it wholeheartedly, despite the certainty of death and the meaninglessness of action.

Martin Heidegger

What worries you, masters you. ~ John Locke

All that is great cannot be possessed - and that is one of the most foolish things man goes on doing. We want to possess.

Osho

Every church is a stone on the grave of a god-man: it does not want him to rise up again under any circumstances. ~ Nietzsche

Drop guilt! -- because to be guilty is to live in hell. Not being guilty, you will have the freshness of dewdrops in the early morning sun, you will have the freshness of lotus petals in the lake, you will have the freshness of the stars in the night. Once guilt disappears you will have a totally different kind of life, luminous and radiant. You will have a dance to your feet and your heart will be singing a thousand and one songs.

Osho