Philosophy Quotes - Page 100

Serenity comes from the ability to say “Yes” to existence. Courage comes from the ability to say “No” to the wrong choices made by others.

This is only a work of fiction , The Truth as always will be far stranger

I came here to show you the way to happiness is not through success but through love, compassion, and kindness.

I have nothing to do today but to smell the freshness of flowers and feel the joy of life.

Philosophy should make clear and delimit sharply the thoughts which otherwise are, as it were, opaque and blurred.

Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another?We can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person, but in the end, how close can we come to that person's essence? We convince ourselves that we know the other person well, but do we really know anything important about anyone?

True education will shape your life, but if you ignore education you will be punished by your life.

...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.

Education opens our minds eye to see the world with our own unique vision and perception.

Speed is dangerous if your direction is wrong.

The future is just a projection of the past.

The difference between reading a good book and Facebook, is that a good book is always hard to put down, whereas on Facebook it's become too easy to put anyone down.

If you haven't said 'I love you' to someone today, do it. You won't always be happy, but you should try to be. Don't be too afraid of germs. Those people have no fun. Remember to look around sometimes. You might see something you haven't seen before or at the very least avoid being hit by a flying object. Speaking of flying objects, don't spend your life looking for extraterrestrial life, unless you work for NASA. Remember that you always have to cooperate with someone. Life is an endless negotiation. Play fair. Stay out of jail. Don't live in the past. Eat breakfast. It really is the most important meal of the day. Try to make new friends, even when you think you're too old to do that. ...And finally, remember this" 'Yes' is always a better work than 'no'. Unless, of course, someone has just asked you to commit a felony.

O the divine, O my love, I don't want to seduce you with my wealth or splendor, but with my love and deepest gratitude.

Those people who shoot endless time-lapse films of unfurling roses and tulips have the wrong idea. They should train their cameras instead on the melting of pack ice, the green filling of ponds, the tidal swings…They should film the glaciers of Greenland, some of which creak along at such a fast clip that even the dogs bark at them. They should film the invasion of the southernmost Canadian tundra by the northernmost spruce-fir forest, which is happening right now at the rate of a mile every 10 years. When the last ice sheet receded from the North American continent, the earth rebounded 10 feet. Wouldn’t that have been a sight to see?

Die every night so in the morning you are reborn.

We get what we give away with love.

A life worth living is a life search for joy.

I wanted to know every story behind the scars on her curves. I wanted to decipher the whispers hidden beneath her every breath. I wanted to unravel her with my hands.

Napoleon said of Massena, that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him; then, when the dead began to fall in ranks around him, awoke his powers of combination, and he put on terror and victory as a robe. So it is in rugged crises, in unweariable endurance, and in aims which put sympathy out of question, that the angel is shown.

There are more things in our biology that make us one, than there are to set us apart.

That's what really broke me, she was better than any fantasy I could hope to imagine. I've spent my life creating, yet she was pristine the likes of which I could never fashion.

Sometimes we are asking God to reveal his presence, provisions and purpose in our lives and we pray like we are trying to get God's attention but I think prayer has less with getting God's attention but He getting mine.

You have an obligation to this world. That is to love it and make it more joyful.

People used to make money, but somewhere along the way, it started making us.

It is better to find your own faults and rectify them than to find thousands of faults in others.

Each of us will be able to see God if we can ignite the spiritual light.

It was her eyes. Soft, meadow-shade eyes with frostbitten edges. Every glance casually held gossamer infinity. Every stare revealed inky black abyss with a hint of divinity.

Just because you came to the end of your rope, doesn't mean that you were climbing down.

Deception and self-deception are intimately intertwined. We fool ourselves in order to fool others, and we fool others in order to fool ourselves.

Music can touch and heal that secret wound of the soul which nothing else can reach.

All I want is to be at service of humanity, rather than being a teacher. I cannot teach anyone anything I can only make them think.

Not your appearance, but your humility and power of love define your beauty.

Just feel the joy of life.

It takes courage to fail.

Such a beautiful smile! It is like spring flowers in the deadness of a white winter.

Maybe I should have gone into politics. If you were a political activist, election season brought moments of intensity, whichever side you were on, and meanwhile here I was inarguably withering away,

Every living object has to change every moment just to live.

A child thinks and acts like a child. But when you are grown, you act and think like an adult. Too many people are still childish and immature and fail to realize it's a setback in their lives.

Philosophers, for example, often fail to recognize that their remarks about the universe apply also to themselves and their remarks. If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so.

A pen, a piece of white paper, and an idea can create a new you.

Hope opens the door of opportunity and shines the way to possibilities.

Christ the man died long ago, but Christ the idea of love, still exists, not in any church, rather in the mind of humans.

Whatever you tell; lie or truth, can both destroy or save you.

Hunger gives flavour to the food.

Be compassionate and kind to yourself and everyone around you.

Everyday nature is drawing a new picture just to keep herself alive and pretty.

Think not so much of what you lack as of what you have: but of the things that you have, select the best, and then reflect on how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.

I attribute my success to my deep driving desire and persistence to face the tremendous adversity.

We all have to go. Let us create something which will stay longer or forever.

Timeless wisdom brings timeless blessings.

I don't believe in miracles. My life is a miracle.

Nothing was ever in tune. People just blindly grabbed at whatever there was: communism, health foods, zen, surfing, ballet, hypnotism, group encounters, orgies, biking, herbs, Catholicism, weight-lifting, travel, withdrawal, vegetarianism, India, painting, writing, sculpting, composing, conducting, backpacking, yoga, copulating, gambling, drinking, hanging around, frozen yogurt, Beethoven, Back, Buddha, Christ, TM, H, carrot juice, suicide, handmade suits, jet travel, New York City, and then it all evaporated and fell apart. People had to find things to do while waiting to die. I guess it was nice to have a choice.

It's as if my footprints were already on the road before I even got there.I walk into them, my waiting footprints.

My soul has always remembered you, my mind is just trying to catch up.

most psychologists/philosophers we've learned about have experienced severe depressions, attempted suicide, were considered 'freaks' or 'insane' by their peers, locked themselves in their rooms, felt socially isolated, were either celibate or extremely promiscuous, and rarely found 'love

A philosopher is a lover and searcher of truth, beauty, meaning, and wisdom.

I wanted to become courageous so I started to accept everything with kindness.

A wise person does not fear failure but gains experience and wisdom.

Whether a belief is considered to be a delusion or not depends partly upon the intensity with which it is defended, and partly upon the numbers of people subscribing to it.