There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it.

Quote by Doug Coupland

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We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping.

We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping.

Every single moment is a coincidence.

Every single moment is a coincidence.

Once you see someone lose it, you can never look at them the same way...

Once you see someone lose it, you can never look at them the same way...

Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by...

Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by...

Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of...

Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of...

We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary...

We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary...

The future and eternity are two entirely different things.

The future and eternity are two entirely different things.

I think money is due for some sort of collapse. People are going to realize...

I think money is due for some sort of collapse. People are going to realize...

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by...

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by...

I know it's not cat food, but what exactly is it that they put inside...

I know it's not cat food, but what exactly is it that they put inside...

You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to...

You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to...

If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't...

If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't...

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year,...

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year,...

You can never become rich unless you like rich people.

You can never become rich unless you like rich people.

Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.

Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what...

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what...

If nothing else, we simply get used to being alive.

If nothing else, we simply get used to being alive.

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world...

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world...

If our subconscious was attractive, we wouldn't have to bury it down deep within us.

If our subconscious was attractive, we wouldn't have to bury it down deep within us.

What exactly is it that humans do that is specifically human? There has to be...

What exactly is it that humans do that is specifically human? There has to be...