Philosophy Quotes - Page 186

We are preoccupied with time. If we could learn to love space as deeply as we are now obsessed with time, we might discover a new meaning in the phrase 'to live like men.

If you put a money sign in front of your eyes, how will you see the world?

A real businessman value his partners like friends and his partnership like friendship.

A road to nowhere will always go somewhere.

The time is always right for the right thing.

Wisdom comes from not only in the understanding that often times we say no to things too easily and quickly, but also in knowing that that ‘no’ for the sake of your physical and mental wellbeing can also be a reasonable and grounded decision for which you shouldn’t feel the need to feel guilty.

Imagine a true master of the art, someone with complete skill in every aspect of Jiu Jitsu. This master would not force anything. He would simply allow the roll to take whatever form it does, and in every position would act in the most efficient way based off what the circumstance dictates, and not what he himself prefers.

Perhaps in his loneliness he had acquired the silent conviction that he was 'the last', the one, the only. And, being the last, he ceased to be Benjamin, becoming Israel. And upon his heart had settled the history of five thousand years, no longer remote, but become as the history of his own lifetime. His "I" was the converse of the imperial "We.

Pure logic is the impossibility by means of which science is maintained.

My past thoughts created today's me.

The depth of consciousness widens our breadth of understanding and makes us uniconscious.

I love the great despisers, because they are the great adorers, and arrows of longing for the other shore.

I have been at war with parts of myself for so long

It takes courage to love someone because it's a wonderful adventure.

Write as if life has no meanings without writing.

I've been mistaken to assume that in this little village in the spring, so like a dream or a poem, life is a matter only of the singing birds, the falling blossoms, and the bubbling springs. The real world has crossed mountains and seas and is bearing down even on this isolated village, whose inhabitants have doubtless lived here in peace down the long stretch of years ever since they fled as defeated warriors from the great clan wars of the twelfth century. Perhaps a millionth part of the blood that will dye the wide Manchurian plains will gush from this young man's arteries, or seethe forth at the point of the long sword that hangs at his waist. Yet here this young man sits, beside an artist for whom the sole value of human life lies in dreaming. If I listen carefully, I can even hear the beating of his heart, so close are we. And perhaps even now, within that beat reverberates the beating of the great tide that is sweeping across the hundreds of miles of that far battlefield. Fate has for a brief and unexpected moment brought us together in this room, but beyond that it speaks no more.

The secret of happiness is love and secret of love is nonjudgmental care.

Without thoughts the mind cannot exist only consciousness

Let us fill our mind with kindness, heart with love, and life with joy.

First make your business itself a brand and then every product you create will be accepted as a brand.

Women are binding and men are commanding.

True beauty is measured by the number of pearls within you, not those around your neck.

Fantastic ideas often come from fantasy.

High thoughts must have high language.

We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged

Love others, not because they deserve your love, but because the universe deserves peace.

Technically, you cannot really own a book you bought; you can only own the sheets of paper your copy is printed on; unless, of course, you are the book’s publisher.

The supply of matter in the universe was never more tightly packed than it is now, or more widely spread out. For nothing is ever added to it or subtracted from it. It follows that the movement of atoms today is no different from what it was in bygone ages and always will be. So the things that have regularly come into being will continue to come into being in the same manner; they will be and grow and flourish so far as each is allowed by the laws of nature.

Meaning can be found in action.

Let us think to live and love to think.

When you give without expectations, you feel that joy is rushing through you like the spring breeze caressing a newly blooming flower.

Your VISION and your self-willingness is the MOST powerful elements to conquer your goal

You don't need an ego when you love someone. You just need a heart.

Time is always ready.

History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang.

Ignorance isn't a sword. It's a weight that drags a soul swirling to the bottom of the sea.

Before man ventures into daydreams about his futuristic society, he shouldfirst immerse himself in the nothingness of his being, and finally restore life to what it is all about: a working hypothesis.

Never again!" commanded his will. "Again! Tomorrow!" begged his heart.

Adversity sure does gives you trouble, but it keeps you humble.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy.

It is hardly surprising that there are more things in heaven and earth, dear reader, than have been dreamed of in our philosophy - or in our physics.

Anarchy has the flexibility to overcome many of the traditional problems of activism by focusing on revolution not as another cause but as a philosophy of living. This philosophy is as concrete as a brick being thrown through a window or flowers growing in the garden. By making our daily lives revolutionary, we destroy the artificial separation between activism and everyday life. Why settle for comrades and fellow activists when we can have friends and lovers?

Happiness is the inner perception of calmness, tranquility and joy.

Knowledge is not the power; it is the potential power. Willing is not the action, but potential action.

Be simple enough to feel the true joy of life.

This heart within me I can feel, and I judge that it exists. This world I can touch, and I likewise judge that it exists. There ends all my knowledge, and the rest is construction. (...) Forever I shall be a stranger to myself.

My love flew over the boundary of time with incredible beauty and notorious rhyme.

Now anybody can be "kind." And everybody's supposed to be. Except that long ago it was something you were born into and couldn't help. Now it's just a faked-up attitude half the time, like teachers the first day of class.

May you live in peace today and forever.

Every moment is precious and beautiful, filled with love, joy, peace, tranquility, and serenity.

When you do things with the power of passion and power of love, you create destructive beauty.

We get greatest joy not from receiving but from giving.

A journey of a lifetime is measured by memories, not by time.

Life is easier when you don't carry baggage from the past.

Turn an impossibility into an exciting reality.

The ego says, win the world to find peace. The spirit says, win yourself over to find peace.

We think that comfort and convenience will bring happiness and forget that only love can do that.

Be brave enough to be simple and humble.

I am a feminist because in every woman I can see reflection of my mother.

If you fear doing something, don’t discourage others who are doing it.