Philosophy Quotes - Page 92

Every man knows that he will die: and nobody believes it. On that paradox stand not only a host of religions but the entity of a sane being.

Take me to a land where love never ends.

You may tend to get cancer from the thing that makes you want to smoke so much, not from the smoking itself.

Truth hides behind the curtain of illusion. We often get lost in illusion and forget to find the truth.

Most people are like sheep. Nice, harmless creatures who want nothing more than to be left alone so they can graze. But then of course there are wolves. Who want nothing more than to eat the sheep.But there’s a third kind of person. The sheepdog. Sheepdogs have fangs like wolves. But their instinct isn’t predation. It’s protection. All they want, what they live for, is to protect the flock.

Existence is beyond the power of wordsTo define:Terms may be usedBut are none of them absolute.In the beginning of heaven and earth there were no words,Words came out of the womb of matter;And whether a man dispassionatelySees to the core of lifeOr passionatelySees the surface,The core and the surfaceAre essentially the same,Words making them seem differentOnly to express appearance.If name be needed, wonder names them both:From wonder into wonderExistence opens.

The ultimate source of abundance is to give love for the betterment of others.

Liberty is a constant battle between government; who would limit it, people; who would concede it, and patriots; who would defend it.

Just be yourself to change everything.

Regardless of type, however, the mechanism of a religion works like this: children, from the time they can communicate, are taught to see reality in a certain way. They are indoctrinated with a pre-defined belief structure and value set. Naive, open to such teaching, given only the religious viewpoint and perhaps punished or ostracized if they don’t accept it, most ultimately absorb and mimic the religion outright.

Civilizations are the generations of the racial soul. As family-rearing, and then writing, bound the generations together, handing down the lore of the dying to the young, so print and commerce and a thousand ways of communication may bind the civilizations together, and preserve for future cultures all that is of value for them in our own. Let us, before we die, gather up our heritage, and offer it to our children.

Make it your ultimate habit of life to be kind.

Those who tried to fill the void with passion, were engulfed by it’s flames.

To build a beautiful future, focus on your dreams and not your past.

There have been two great narcotics in European civilisation: Christianity and alcohol.

Every morning, the sun rises with endless possibilities that give you endless opportunities to begin again and to create a brand-new life.

I got so strongly addicted to love that I may not be able to breath without it. I fall so fondly in love with poetry that I read it in my dreams often and even unknowingly.

He who lives in love enjoys life.

The whole of Nature is a book, the heavens a scroll; and they were intended to be used as such.

To have a good business, always have a caring heart.

Service to the humanity is the source of joy and happiness. It is the rent you pay for living on this beautiful planet.

Doing better is creativity, doing faster is creativity, doing smarter is creativity, doing right is creativity.

You are a winner when you have the courage to face the adversity and endure the difficulties.

The beauty of God, is God himself.

Pretend you are foolish to the foolish, and be yourself when you are alone or with others like you, because if you take the foolish seriously as your friend, you might be a fool yourself.

Hope with deep driving desires is an order of the most delicious delicacy in a restaurant we call the universe.

I really don’t want to win. I just want to improve and be better than I was.

All motivation derives from the primary fact of mortality. Take mortality away and motivation loses its...motivation.

A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren't quite sure how, or even if, they should communicate them.

When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you.

It is the truth which is always the hardest to believe.

How much others love you is not very important, but how much you love yourself will define your success.

It is the uncertainty of life that fills life with magnificence and beauty.

The beauty of life does not reside in certainty or conformity. It resides in the infinite possibilities of uncertainty.

Happiness is there when you express kindness, compassion, and unconditional love and fill yourself with bliss and joy.

If God can help us locate demands, He can also help us locate the leaks.

You are most beautiful when your eyes are glowing with kindness and joy.

One night I summoned God, if He really existed, to show Himself to me. He didn't, and I never addressed another word to Him. In my heart of hearts I was very glad He didn't exist. I should have hated it if what was going on here below had had to end up in eternity.

If you caress me one more time, you will melt the butter on my toast.

With resentment, hearts burn in the fire of hatred. With forgiveness, hearts dance with pure joy.

You have to create emptiness to fill it with success.

Be a great artist especially when you draw your life’s picture.

Touch your enemies’ heart with love. It will bloom flowers of gratitude and joy.

Your intelligence is defined by your intuitive question not by your definitive answers.

Trust yourself first then everybody will follow.

Silence is golden, but saying, "I Love You."Is priceless.

In the sea of my emotions, his presence is like a pearl in the oyster. Very hard to locate, yet very precious and still beautiful.

I have a best friend and he is me.

If love is the music of the heart, then philosophy should be the music of the mind.

Every lie needs, and gives birth to, another lie

And yet we have what purports, or professes, or is claimed, to be a contract—the Constitution—made eighty years ago, by men who are now all dead, and who never had any power to bind us, but which (it is claimed) has nevertheless bound three generations of men, consisting of many millions, and which (it is claimed) will be binding upon all the millions that are to come; but which nobody ever signed, sealed, delivered, witnessed, or acknowledged; and which few persons, compared with the whole number that are claimed to be bound by it, have ever read, or even seen, or ever will read, or see.

People who want to change everything in the world but never think of changing themselves are clapping with one palm.

If the future generation has a difficult life, if they engage in war or commit crime it's not their fault, it's our fault because we fail to educate them. So responsibility resides on me, on us, to educate them in proper ways.

Love fuels the existence of a divine being

Whenever I think of something but can't think of what it was I was thinking of, I can't stop thinking until I think I'm thinking of it again. I think I think too much.

I am not afraid of how the LGTB community reacts on Christians, but how Christians react back.

Do not let time pass you by -- make it a part of you.

A woman is a blissful mother, a wonderful sister, a gorgeous daughter, and a friend with a kind heart who really cares. Wishing you a wonderful International Women’s Day

All my problems bow before my stubbornness.

Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy and the make the most of where you are.