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Victor Pelevin. Truth.

 
Victor Pelevin “The Sacred Book of Werewolf”
 
The cause of error by living beings is that they believe it is possible to cast aside the false and attain unto the truth.  But when you attain unto yourself, the false becomes true, and there is no other truth to which one need attain after that.

Victor Pelevin. Existence, Perception, Transformation.

 
 
Victor Pelevin “The Sacred Book of Werewolf”
 
People often argue about whether this world really exists, or is something like The Matrix movie.  It’s a very stupid thing to argue about.  All problems of this kind derive from the fact that people don’t understand the words they use.  Before discussing the subject, the first thing people [...]

“Life if tricky with enchanting pathos…”

 
 Sergei Yesenin (4 Oct. 1895 – 27 Dec. 1925)
 
 

 Жизнь – обман с чарующей тоскою,
Оттого так и сильна она,
Что своею грубою рукою
Роковые пишет письмена.
 
Я всегда, когда глаза закрою,
Говорю: Лишь сердце потревожь,
Жизнь – обман, но и она порою
Украшает радостями ложь.
 
Обратись лицом к седому небу,
По луне гадая о судьбе,
Успокойся, смертный, и не требуй
Правды той, что не нужна тебе.
 
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“To be a poet – …”

 
Sergei Yesenin (4 Oct. 1895 – 27 Dec. 1925)
 
To be a poet – is the same
As when by truth of life
You scar your own tender flesh,
And with the blood of feelings
Caress the souls of others.
To be a poet – to sing freedom,
As you know it best
The song of nightingale doesn’t hurt him -
His song is [...]

About violent movement

 
From the book “They Changed the World. 200 Icons who have made a difference.” By Barbara Cady
 
FOR MARTHA GRAHAM (1894 – 1991), THE intense theatrical doyenne of modern dance, movement – not beauty – was the embodiment of truth.  Movement could never lie, her doting father had told her when she was a child growing [...]