Philosophy Quotes - Page 67

Our education system often teaches us how to conform more than how to wonder and venture.

Tell us which ideas you promote and we will know which type of person you are.

Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.

If a person takes comfort in his or her faith upon divinity in times of distress, then who the hell am I to say, that the person is delusional.

The priest therefore saw what the anchorite could not. That God needs no witness. Neither to himself nor against. The truth is rather that if there were no God then there could be no witness for there could be no identity to the world but only each man's opinion of it. The priest saw that there is no man who is elect because there is no man who is not. To God every man is a heretic.

Sacrifice is a terribly difficult thing to do, of which you will be asked to do many times along your path. Only with genuine love will you be able to make these sacrifices because often times you will simply want to refuse the sacrifices that the universe asks of you to make. When you close one door, another opens; that is how the universe works and through sacrifice we are given the keys to the next door in life.

You can't fly by staring at the sky. You have to take a risk to grow wings of imagination and fly.

The decision is your own voice, an opinion is the echo of someone else's voice.

Your value depends on how much love you gave away, not on how much money you have accumulated.

True love comes from the heart, it is very simple and nonjudgmental.

To enjoy the beauty of life, live in the moment, not in the past or future.

When you have a purpose in life it becomes the light to show you the path toward your destination.

YOU ARE JUSTYou are not just for the right or left,but for what is right over the wrong.You are not just rich or poor,but always wealthy in the mind and heart.You are not perfect, but flawed.You are flawed, but you are just.You may just be conscious human,but you are also a magnificentreflection of God.

I am not here, I am somewhere else, my body is here but mind is in the sky

Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

They are now informing me that not only are they better than the powerful, the masters of the world whose spittle they have to lick (not from fear, not at all from fear! but because God orders them to honour those in authority) – not only are they better, but they have a “better time”, or at least will have a better time one day. But enough! enough! I can’t bear it any longer. Bad air! Bad air! This workshop where ideals are fabricated – it seems to me just to stink of lies.

Do not thou hasten above the most Highest: for thy haste is in vain to be above him, for thou hast much exceeded.

You think that fairytales are not true, but life itself is the most magical and mysterious fairytale.

To feel the joy of life, welcome everyone with a smile.

There is more than one road to spiritual salvation. We discover a philosophical way of living by encountering the world, culling knowledge from all available resources, and thinking reverently about life.

If you lived a good life, you either lived to save or died to save… that which must be saved and kept. Your life would never be meaningless. Not even for a moment.

Let us be the joy to find the joyLet us be the love to find the loveLet us be kind to find kindnessLet us be happy to find happiness.Let us be simple to find simplicityLet us be modest to find modestyLet us feel to comprehend Let us listen to understand Let us live our life to beLet us close our eyes to see.

Finding a great idea is a magical thing and a fantastic job.

Listen to the whisper of nature and sing along with love.

The phrase 'Love one another' is so wise. By loving one another, we invest in each other and in ourselves. Perhaps someday, when we need someone to care for us, it may not come from the person we expect, but from the person we least expect. It may be our sons or daughter-in-laws, our neighbors, friends, cousins, stepchildren, or stepparents whose love for us has assigned them to the honorable, yet dangerous position of caregiver.

If i am asked 'what is good? my answer is that good is good, and that is the end of the matter. Or if I am asked 'How is good to be defined?' my answer is that it cannot be defined, and that is all I have to say about it

If someone believes in god, is he a liar? He never saw god or any proof or evidence of god. He only heard about god.

Seek only to preserve life -- your own and those of others. Life alone is sacred.

Consciousness is a mystery that faces the mystery of potential and transforms it into actuality. We do that with every choice we make. Our choices determine the destiny of the world. By making a choice, you alter the structure of reality

There is no stress. It is a misinterpretation of a situation. Just change your perception and stress will melt away.

Save your explanations, I got some questions for you first and you'd better answer them!' [slurred Hellian.] 'With what?' [Banaschar] sneered. 'Explanations?' 'No. Answers. There's a difference-' 'Really? How? What difference?' 'Explanations are what people use when they need to lie. Y'can always tell those,'cause those don't explain nothing and then they look at you like they just cleared things up when really they did the opposite and they know it and you know it and they know you know and you know they know that you know and they know you and you know them and maybe you go out for a pitcher later but who picks up the tab? That's what I want to know.' 'Right, and answers?' 'Answers is what I get when I ask questions. Answers is when you got no choice. I ask, you tell. I ask again, you tell some more. Then I break your fingers, 'cause I don't like what you're telling me, because those answers don't explain nothing!

A little madness shows the way to happiness.A little kindness can heal the sadness.

You must love when your eyes are closed and love when your eyes are open. Love endlessly.

One says the things which one feels the need to say, and which the other will not understand: one speaks for oneself alone.

If a man has character, he has also his typical experience, which always recurs.

Every morning I wake up with an unknown, unexplainable joy of life. Then I get lost in the beauty of the morning sun and all of the magnificence that surrounds me.

A prison becomes a home when you have the key.

When stress is the disease, then forgiveness and laughter are the medicine.

Never seek permission to be yourself.

Beauty of music enlightens the soul and fills it with ecstasy.

You must have a definite purpose of life. To reach that purpose, you must be flexible.

Sometimes there a hundred lies behind a smile and not a single truth behind a tear.

Be an example, not an adviser.

I don’t want to accidentally end up looking back on my life to find that I’m ashamed of myself, I want to live a life I can be proud of.

Always be friendly, always be kind,Like the most beautiful flower that you can find.

We're on a planet, relax!

Your most important task is not to achieve a goal but it is to improve yourself every day.

Civilians enjoy their time because soldiers sacrifice their time.

Happiness is the fragrance, not the fruit of an action.

Let life go with love and joy.

Sometime we forget to value the small things, that inspire us more than the large! We should learn from daily than planning stupid future.

The most important question that we should ask is, “How can I serve?

For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this gives a pedantic effect to what he says, and at the same time makes him hardly intelligible

Love is deepest driving passion of a purposeful life.

Don’t judge anything. If you have to judge, judge with kindness and love.

There is an end to everything even life.

Today is the best day to begin your life again and plan the rest of your life.

Attachment is the source of pain, but detachment is the source of joy.

Happiness is the goal of all goals and ultimate purpose of our life.

If I live...I will live unafraid...I will live so all can see,I am not ashamed of who I am or what I'm designed to be!"-The Great Mephisto