Philosophy Quotes - Page 203

Could two live that way? Could two live under the wild rose, and explore by the pond, so that the smooth mind of each is as everywhere present to the other, and as received and as unchallenged, as falling snow?

If we fought wars with laughter instead of bullets, you would die laughing instead of just dying.

It appears that the solution of the problem of time and space is reserved to philosophers who, like Leibniz, are mathematicians, or to mathematicians who, like Einstein, are philosophers.

All must read their so-called 'holy' book - word by word - to determine, by self, its unholy bit.

There is no such thing as a miracle. That is, there is never an absolute reversal of any natural law. Every event, however unexpected by us, who are all more or less grossly ignorant of Nature and of Nature's laws, is the result of pre-existing causes, which develop results in ways and to extents strictly conformable to the energies set in motion. Supernormal events maybe, but nothing is supernatural.

When we teach people that suspending moral judgments is a virtue, the necessary outcome is moral horror.

My love consumes me. Only my voice is left, a voice which has fallen in love with you whispers to you everywhere that I love you. Oh! Does it weary you to hear this voice? Everywhere it enfolds you; like an inexhaustible, shifting surround, I place my transparently reflected soul about your pure, deep being.”—Johannes the Seducer, from_Either/Or_

We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.

Music is the language of the heart. It can only sing songs of love.

The power of death signifies that this real world can only have a neutral image of life, that life's intimacy does not reveal it's dazzling consumption until the moment it gives out.

If you are looking for love, you may not find it, but if you love every one for sure, they will return it.

Enduring happiness only comes when you share your happiness with others.

God always sees me with no make-ups on because He knew how we started.

Greatness is in simplicity and in kindness, like Mother Theresa.

Kindness, not rituals, is mankind’s greatest prayer.

Ideas are the source of all things

If only I can realize how ephemeral my life is, then I will never be able to hurt anyone.

It is not the beauty of nature, but it is our dream-filled actions that create our futures.

A seeker ventures out to find beauty. When he is on the top of a mountain, he discovers that beauty is inside of his heart.

Every morning I drink a glass of water to be humble and simple like water.

Respect everyone if you want to be respected.

An artist sees not only the thing, but he also hears its inner voice.

The thing about 'colour' is that it's not all about the money or the prestige, but it's about showing what life is all about. Without it...

Best way to achieve greatness is to serve others with great love.

I am loving. I am forgiving.I am at peace.

An ordinary mirror is silvered at the back but the window of the night train has darkness behind the glass. My face and the faces of other travellers were now mirrored on this darkness in a succession of stillnesses. Consider this, said the darkness: any motion at any speed is a succession of stillnesses; any section through an action will show just such a plane of stillness as this dark window in which your seeking face is mirrored. And in each plane of stillness is the moment of clarity that makes you responsible for what you do.

The necessity of reform mustn’t be allowed to become a form of blackmail serving to limit, reduce, or halt the exercise of criticism. Under no circumstances should one pay attention to those who tell one: “Don’t criticize, since you’re not capable of carrying out a reform.” That’s ministerial cabinet talk. Critique doesn’t have to be the premise of a deduction that concludes, “this, then, is what needs to be done.” It should be an instrument for those for who fight, those who resist and refuse what is. Its use should be in processes of conflict and confrontation, essays in refusal. It doesn’t have to lay down the law for the law. It isn’t a stage in a programming. It is a challenge directed to what is.

Love is a magical power. If love is not a living magic, then what is?

What is it, in fact, that we are supposed to abstract from, in order to get, for example, from the moon to the number 1? By abstraction we do indeed get certain concepts, viz. satellite of the Earth, satellite of a planet, non-self-luminous heavenly body, heavenly body, body, object. But in this series 1 is not to be met with; for it is no concept that the moon could fall under. In the case of 0, we have simply no object at all from which to start our process of abstracting. It is no good objecting that 0 and 1 are not numbers in the same sense as 2 and 3. What answers the question How many? is number, and if we ask, for example, "How many moons has this planet?", we are quite as much prepared for the answer 0 or 1 as for 2 or 3, and that without having to understand the question differently. No doubt there is something unique about 0, and about 1000; but the same is true in principle of every whole number, only the bigger the number the less obvious it is. To make out of this a difference in kind is utterly arbitrary. What will not work with 0 and 1 cannot be essential to the concept of number.

Mere philosophy will not satisfy us. We cannot reach the goal by mere words alone. Without practice, nothing can be achieved. (3)

With the wings of love you can fly in everyone's heart.

Mine’: what does this word mean? Not what belongs to me, but what I belong to, what contains my whole being, which is mine only so far as I belong to it. My God is not the God that belongs to me, but the God to whom I belong; and so, too, when I say my native land, my home, my calling, my longing, my hope. If there had been no immortality before, this thought that I am yours would be a breach of the normal course of nature.”—Johannes the Seducer, from_Either/Or_

If our purpose of life is live in peace and happiness, then why are we always preparing for war?

We see eternity through a microscopic window of time.

How strange! Life gets easier when we get better.

Colors are what trick the mind and our imaginations into buying things.

Trekking means a travelling experience with a thrilling excitement.

It is easy to find peace if you are kind, loving, and forgiving.

The act of running is simple, one foot in front of the other. The art of becoming a runner is achieved through a new mindset and commitment to change, especially if it’s new to you. It’s tough, challenging, painful, sometimes lonely, regularly uncomfortable and often excruciating…but the rewards are second to none.

Today, death is your opponent.

What a person want in life ?1. Simple, steady life.2. Self satisfaction and craziness from work and life he live.3. Luxury/Royal life.Choice is yours, in which way you want to live.

Kindness is the greatest medicine that can heal all ills.

Every new friend is a fresh flower with endless beauty, love and joy.

Let us plant the seeds of love and harmony.Peace tree will grow and will vanish agony. Let us plant the seeds of trust and kindness.Children's will bloom with joy and happiness.Let us plants the seeds of education but not war.Our children will grow not a soldier but a philosopher. Let us plant the seeds of vision and compassion.Our children will learn to love with joy and passion.

All the world's religions speak the same language, they simply use different words.

Life is a song. Your thoughts are the music. Now play beautiful music and sing a wonderful song.

Growing age can kill the beauty, not the style.

The journey of life is amazingly beautiful if you take it as a fearless adventure.

The American educational psychologist Patricia Alexander has expressed the view that fear paralyses and curiosity empowers. Accordingly, she reasons, we should always be more interested than afraid.

God made my enemies to serve me in my absence. God made the things that conspired to destroy me feed me into the place that He was preparing for me. I am a big girl and I can handle trouble and my enemies.

To find true peace, forgive those who fill your mind with hatred and instead show them the path of love.

Opposition stood in my way, but I persevered against all odds and in the process gained my freedom as well as became a man whose future is like the universe/cosmos...INFINITE

The Existential-Epistemic Spiral—MeaningOur central beliefs shape and guide us, but the staggering synergistic power of our dynamics working together creates an existential centripetal force at the core of our being—meaning. Nothing affects us like meaning. Meaning is everything, the cumulative effect of all dynamics spinning inside of us. It generates and sustains our identity, creates stability and purpose. It drives our choices, shapes our feelings, and guides our morality.

Music fills the soul with divine beauty of pure love and life.

In school we learn to think alike, but true education is to learn how to think differently.

Love like a dog.As long as it’s been treated with kindness and respect a dog will love you. A dog doesn’t care about your age, sex, gender identity, orientation, religion, race or socioeconomic bracket. A dog doesn’t care if you’re skinny, have stretch marks or scars. A dog doesn’t care how many people you’ve slept with, what hardships you’ve had to overcome; and if you’re crying a dog will come put its little chin on your chest and love you regardless. A dog doesn’t let these things dictate to whom or how much it extends its heart. A dog just loves.Love like a dog.A dog never tries to play it cool, hard to get or shies away from showing how much it loves. A dog’s composure is never betrayed by its tail because it freely and without hesitation shows how ecstatic it is to see you every time you walk through the door. When a dog is around other dogs it doesn’t pretend that it doesn’t really love tennis balls. A dog loves what it loves and is never embarrassed about showing how it feels.Love like a dog.A dog is loyal to and would fiercely defend those whom it loves. “For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack.” Life is not always easy. At times you will have to be brave. At times you will be hurt. But a dog will never leave you. Stay close. Be faithful. Protect your pack.Love like a dog.That is my advice to you. Love like a dog.

A woman is a symbol of nature; she has the beauty to attract and empower, the passion and compassion to create and nurture, and the power of love to transpire and transform.

When you are conscious, try to develop an acute awareness about the mysterious aspects of our being, our consciousness.

Man can be master of nothing while he fears death, but he who does not fear it possesses all. If there were no suffering, man would not know his limitations, would not know himself. The hardest thing is to be able in your soul to unite the meaning of all. To unite all? Pierre asked himself. "No, not to unite. Thoughts cannot be united, but to harness all these thoughts together is what we need! Yes, one must harness them, must harness them!

We all have different needs, thoughts, ideas, visions, languages, colors, and creeds, but we all want peace and happiness.