“Like the turtle's shell, the sense of self serves as a shield against stimulation and as a burden which limits mobility into possibly dangerous areas. The turtle rarely has to think about what's on the other side of his shell;… — Luke Rhinehart Copy Share Image
Man must become comfortable in flowing from one role to another, one set of values to another, one life to another. Men must be… — Luke Rhinehart Copy Share Image
To change man, the audience by which he judges himself must be changed. A man is defined by his audience: by the people, institutions, authors, magazines, movie heroes, philosophers by whom he pictures himself being cheered and booed. Major psychological disturbances, 'identity crises', are caused when an individual begins to change the audience for whom he plays: from parents to… — Luke Rhinehart Copy Share
“It's the way a man chooses to limit himself that determines his character. A man without habits, consistency, redundancy - and hence boredom -… — Luke Rhinehart Copy Share Image
“One desire, my friends, one: to kill yourself. You must desire this. You must feel that a voyage of discovery is more important than… — luke rhinehart Copy Share Image
Give up all hope, all illusion, all desire..I've tried. I've tried and still I desire, I still desire not to desire and hope to… — Luke Rhinehart Copy Share Image
“To change man, the audience by which he judges himself must be changed. A man is defined by his audience: by the people, institutions,… — Luke Rhinehart Copy Share Image
The thing the Buddhists and the Sufis have in common is a belief that religious certainties are destructive. — Luke Rhinehart Copy Share Image
Men must attempt to develop in themselves and their children liberation from the sense of self. Men must be free from boundaries, patterns and… — Luke Rhinehart Copy Share Image
'The Dice Man' is an anti-establishment cult novel, and you don't normally make studio films from such dark comedy material. — Luke Rhinehart Copy Share Image
“But we must come to realise that every word is perfect, including those we scratch out. As my pen moves across this page the whole world writes. All of human history combines at this mere moment now to produce in the flow of this hand a single dot: Who are you and I, dear friends, to contradict the whole past… — Luke Rhinehart Copy Share
“Nature’s accidents are the universe’s way of throwing chance into a system which would die of too much orderliness. Hurricanes, droughts, floods, volcanic eruptions are all Mother Nature’s way of stirring up the pot to prevent stagnation and putrefaction. A world without them would be a world of death. Floods, fires, eruptions, earthquakes all destroy and renew, kill and create,… — Luke Rhinehart Copy Share
