Philosophy Quotes
Kurt Vonnegut
Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I’ve said before, bugs in amber.
Edward Abbey
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled surfaces. We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to set foot in it. We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope; without it the life of the cities would drive all men into crime or drugs or psychoanalysis.
Isaac Newton
Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy
Brent Weeks
Do you know what punishments I've endured for my crimes, my sins? None. I am proof of the absurdity of men's most treasured abstractions. A just universe wouldn't tolerate my existence.
Joseph Brodsky
Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse
Alan Wilson Watts
Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.
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Sophocles
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
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Elias Canetti
All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.
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Guy Debord
The more powerful the class, the more it claims not to exist.
Friedrich Nietzsche
What then is truth? A movable host of metaphors, metonymies, and anthropomorphisms: in short, a sum of human relations which have been poetically and rhetorically intensified, transferred, and embellished, and which, after long usage, seem to a people to be fixed, canonical, and binding. Truths are illusions which we have forgotten are illusions — they are metaphors that have become worn out and have been drained of sensuous force.
Bertrand Russell
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
William Butler Yeats
People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
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Shannon L. Alder
People who fit don’t seek. The seekers are those that don’t fit.
John Fowles
Once upon a time there was a young prince who believed in all things but three. He did not believe in princesses, he did not believe in islands, he did not believe in God. His father, the king, told him that such things did not exist. As there were no princesses or islands in his father's domains, and no sign of God, the young prince believed his father.But then, one day, the prince ran away from his palace. He came to the next land. There, to his astonishment, from every coast he saw islands, and on these islands, strange and troubling creatures whom he dared not name. As he was searching for a boat, a man in full evening dress approached him along the shore.Are those real islands?' asked the young prince.Of course they are real islands,' said the man in evening dress.And those strange and troubling creatures?'They are all genuine and authentic princesses.'Then God must exist!' cried the prince.I am God,' replied the man in full evening dress, with a bow.The young prince returned home as quickly as he could.So you are back,' said the father, the king.I have seen islands, I have seen princesses, I have seen God,' said the prince reproachfully. The king was unmoved.Neither real islands, nor real princesses, I have seen God,' said the prince reproachfully.The king was unmoved.Neither real islands, nor real princesses, nor a real God exist.'I saw them!'Tell me how God was dressed.'God was in full evening dress.'Were the sleeves of his coat rolled back?'The prince remembered that they had been. The king smiled.That is the uniform of a magician. You have been deceived.'At this, the prince returned to the next land, and went to the same shore, where once again he came upon the man in full evening dress.My father the king has told me who you are,' said the young prince indignantly. 'You deceived me last time, but not again. Now I know that those are not real islands and real princesses, because you are a magician.'The man on the shore smiled.It is you who are deceived, my boy. In your father's kingdom there are many islands and many princesses. But you are under your father's spell, so you cannot see them.'The prince pensively returned home. When he saw his father, he looked him in the eyes.Father, is it true that you are not a real king, but only a magician?'The king smiled, and rolled back his sleeves.Yes, my son, I am only a magician.'Then the man on the shore was God.'The man on the shore was another magician.'I must know the real truth, the truth beyond magic.'There is no truth beyond magic,' said the king.The prince was full of sadness.He said, 'I will kill myself.'The king by magic caused death to appear. Death stood in the door and beckoned to the prince. The prince shuddered. He remembered the beautiful but unreal islands and the unreal but beautiful princesses.Very well,' he said. 'I can bear it.'You see, my son,' said the king, 'you too now begin to be a magician.
Amaka Imani Nkosazana
When God takes out the trash, don't go digging back through it. Trust Him.
Debasish Mridha M.D.
The universe never complains.When you're wrong or right,She always loves and cares,She always gives and shares. When you get lost she becomes the light,Helps you to find what is right. But she never forgetsTo show you the light.
Kilroy J. Oldster
Expressing doubt is how we begin a journey to discover essential truths.
Suzy Kassem
If you want to bring the world closer to peace, be a peacemaker by creating peace whenever you can. If you find yourself engaged in an argument that only stirs anger in the heart, quickly make peace and carry on.
De_philosopher_DJKyos
Even if there is a small lie in the truth you telling. It will make the truth questionable.
Phaedrus
Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.
Amit Kalantri
Great losses are great lessons.
Criss Jami
God judges men from the inside out; men judge men from the outside in. Perhaps to God, an extreme mental patient is doing quite well in going a month without murder, for he fought his chemical imbalance and succeeded; oppositely, perhaps the healthy, able and stable man who has never murdered in his life yet went a lifetime consciously, willingly never loving anyone but himself may then be subject to harsher judgment than the extreme mental patient. It might be so that God will stand for the weak and question the strong.
Khalil Gibran
For Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and Passion, unattended,is a flame that burns to its own destruction.
The Philosopher Hakim Orod Bozorg Khorasani
A good life is not just about our happiness. Coexistence and love with other people make our lives enjoyable.
The Philosopher Hakim Orod Bozorg Khorasani
Life is not a field of continuation of the wrong path. Whenever we realize our wrongdoing, we must return to the source of our mental purity.
The Philosopher Hakim Orod Bozorg Khorasani
The earth, like a mirror, can be a reflection of our behaviors and actions.
The Philosopher Hakim Orod Bozorg Khorasani
The mountain is the shout of love and friendship.
The Philosopher Hakim Orod Bozorg Khorasani
The most selfish people, in the mountains, accept friendship and love with all their hearts and souls.
The Philosopher Hakim Orod Bozorg Khorasani
In the mountains, the value of human loving hands can be truly understand.
The Philosopher Hakim Orod Bozorg Khorasani
Another name for water is life.
Epicurus
Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
Terry Pratchett
Do you understand what I'm saying?"shouted Moist. "You can't just go around killing people!""Why Not? You Do." The golem lowered his arm."What?" snapped Moist. "I do not! Who told you that?""I Worked It Out. You Have Killed Two Point Three Three Eight People," said the golem calmly."I have never laid a finger on anyone in my life, Mr Pump. I may be–– all the things you know I am, but I am not a killer! I have never so much as drawn a sword!""No, You Have Not. But You Have Stolen, Embezzled, Defrauded And Swindled Without Discrimination, Mr Lipvig. You Have Ruined Businesses And Destroyed Jobs. When Banks Fail, It Is Seldom Bankers Who Starve. Your Actions Have Taken Money From Those Who Had Little Enough To Begin With. In A Myriad Small Ways You Have Hastened The Deaths Of Many. You Do Not Know Them. You Did Not See Them Bleed. But You Snatched Bread From Their Mouths And Tore Clothes From Their Backs. For Sport, Mr Lipvig. For Sport. For The Joy Of The Game.
Roberto Bolaño
All names disappear. Children should be taught that in elementary school. But we're afraid to teach them.
Vladimir Lenin
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
Keith M. Murley
A word builds a sentence, which builds a paragraph, which builds a page, which builds a chapter, which builds a book. Build with intent.
Jay D'Cee
Immaterial wealth will always outweigh material wealth.
Jay D'Cee
If a thought or action is perceived as undesirable, you will not want to do it. It is that simple. Change your mindset; perception is king.
Jay D'Cee
The only comparison that should be made is placing who you are today beside who you were yesterday.
Jay D'Cee
At times, it can be difficult to even set aside moments for relaxation, let alone opportunities to pursue personal development.
Jay D'Cee
The journey of life looks differently for everyone.
Jay D'Cee
While it is important to be mindful of how we spend our time as to not let it be piddled away, it is equally important to avoid the trap of over-planning.
Jay D'Cee
Attempting to cling too tightly to any one chapter of our lives poses a futile challenge toward the flow of time.
Jay D'Cee
We serve to regurgitate the same actions, feelings, and routines as a futile means of hedging off mistakes. Pursue nuance, and make mistakes.
Jay D'Cee
It must not be considered a failure to openly acknowledge a life we are not proud of.
Jay D'Cee
Mistakes happen, and we should not try so fervently to avoid then.
Jay D'Cee
To declutter a stressed mind, embark on an adventure.
Jay D'Cee
We must ensure we are spending our free time in a manner that we dually capture the aspects of enjoyment and progression.
Jay D'Cee
All we have in our possession is today; yesterday is gone and tomorrow has yet to arrive.
Jay D'Cee
What you perceive to be the end is only the beginning of your next journey.
Kristina McMorris
Maybe heaven entailed more than a soul residing in a single place, but instead having pieces of yourself spread among the hearts and memories of people you've touched.