Philosophy Quotes - Page 169

I want to love like a rain drop loves the earth.

You must first forgive yourself in order to forgive others.

The fact is you cannot be intelligent merely by choosing your opinions. The intelligent man is not the man who holds such-and-such views but the man who has sound reasons for what he believes and yet does not believe it dogmatically. And opinions held for sound reasons have less emotional unity than the opinions of dogmatists because reason is non-party, favouring now one side and now another. That is what people find so unpleasant about it.

The best way to transform ourselves is by transforming our consciousness and awareness.

Don’t forget to wonder and appreciate yourself.

With your life, you are writing the history of the universe.

The more loving, kind and simple we are, the more we resemble the God.

Try not to find love or fall in love. Instead become a person who attracts love.

Persistence is the source of great strength.

The beauty of hope is that it often become a reality.

Disputes with men, pertinaciously obstinate in their principles, are, of all others, the most irksome; except, perhaps, those with persons, entirely disingenuous, who really do not believe the opinions they defend, but engage in the controversy, from affectation, from a spirit of opposition, or from a desire of showing wit and ingenuity, superior to the rest of mankind. The same blind adherence to their own arguments is to be expected in both; the same contempt of their antagonists; and the same passionate vehemence, in enforcing sophistry and falsehood. And as reasoning is not the source, whence either disputant derives his tenets; it is in vain to expect, that any logic, which speaks not to the affections, will ever engage him to embrace sounder principles.

Ignore cynicism, appreciate criticism, and embrace optimism.

One makes his own meanings as the counterfeiter prints his own money: both know full well that the value of either rests solely in the gullibility of its recipient...

Humanity is in her infancy, so start enjoying the journey.

Even in the cloudy sky, the sun never forgets to rise.

I am a gardener of thoughts, and my garden only grows flowers of love.

Be winds of kindness and be kind to all.

Forget to criticize, but never forget to enjoy criticism.

Without judging anyone, let us love everyone like a flower.

Pain is a pleasure in disguise.

O world, world when I was younger I thought there was some order governing you and your deeds. But now you seem to be a labyrinth of errors, a frightful desert, a den of wild beasts, a game in which men move in circles…a stony field, a meadow full of serpents, a flowering but barren orchard, a spring of cares, a river of tears, a sea of suffering, a vain hope.

The page is to the story as the seed is to the flower.

How alive is thought, invisible, yet without thought there is no sight.

Thinking outside of the box is unnecessary when there are no boxes in your imagination.

One always has a choice.

To learn, read; to understand, participate.

Education is the only currency which you can spend in every country of the world without losing its value.

We all are beautiful, let's not pretend to be ugly.

We are born to be loved, we live to be loved, and we die to be loved; so life is for love.

Choose to be happy and make inner peace your mission is the best way to live life. Now organize your life to attain these.

It is not that I am very intelligent, but I try to understand with love.

Your driving desires will determine what you become.

You shall only continue to feel bitter when you continue to make your mind the doorstep for footprints of bitterness! When you mind your mind, you mind your mind, you mind your heart, you mind your body and you mind your spirit! The only rest stop in your body for bitterness is your mind. Don’t forget! Mind your mind!

Be thoughtful but never forget to be kind.

And this is the forbidden truth, the unspeakable taboo - that evil is not always repellent but frequently attractive; that it has the power to make of us not simply victims, as nature and accident do, but active accomplices.

They always say that the daughter will grow up to look like their mother. So, I asked my girlfriend if I could see her mother naked.Needless to say.It was a very short relationship.

Do not fear criticism, accept it as an inspiration for boldness and action

People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent (Both types are crawling around deep down in the rabbit's fur!)

Be an echo of peace not an echo of bullets.

When you try to make others happy, happiness will follow you like your shadow forever.

Don't just talk, act.

In the center of my being, I am floating with the waves of time in the ocean of light.

Be an encourager not a pacifier.

I may not give you as much love as you want, but I will give you as much as I have.

Be the light in the darkness to inspire and to enlighten others.

To enjoy the beauty of life, live profoundly in the present moment without the fear of the past or future.

Everything has a consciousness. Every atom and molecule is conscious. Every virus and bacteria is conscious. Every tree, large and small animals are conscious, but each level of consciousness is different. All humans are conscious; the level of consciousness among humans also differs.

Feeding the poor will not eradicate poverty, but feeding the mind with true education will.

Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it—that no substitute can do your thinking—that the vilest form of self-abasement and self-destruction is the subordination of your mind to the mind of another, the acceptance of an authority over your brain, the acceptance of his assertions as facts, his say-so as truth, his edicts as middle-man between your consciousness and your existence.

You are that angel of paradise.You are that flower of heaven.This universe was longing for you,with endless love for infinite time.

Give! If you have nothing to give, don't forget to give your love.

My mind is a lock pick always looking for another door to open. I often find those doors by exploring minds of others...

You can never go further than your own thoughts.

Hello! Look at me! I am your reflection.

Always believe that life is amazing.

Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge.

Problems are perceptual illusions.

Peace is not the absence of fear but the presence love and care.

I succeed in almost everything I do. My secret is persistence.

The point of modernity is to live a life without illusions while not becoming disillusioned