Philosophy Quotes

He is in no real danger. He merely suffers from a lethargy, a sickness that is common among the depressed. He has forgotten who he really is, but he will recover, for he used to know me, and all I have to do is cloud the mist that beclouds his vision.

~ Boethius

Words were the bane of her existence. She drowned in them when all she wanted was silence, only to have them recede when one desperately-sought phrase would be the key to her salvation. Most things were like that: excess in times of abundance, and shortages in times of dearth. Life, she realized, was an unbalanced scale, and would never weigh in one's favor, struggle as one might.

~ Nenia Campbell

I think most readers would say the same. Most would choose Midori. And the protagonist, of course, chooses her in the end. But some part of him is always in the other world and he cannot abandon it. It’s a part of him, an essential part. All human beings have a sickness in their minds. That space is a part of them.

~ Haruki Murakami

People get sick and sometimes they get better and sometimes they don't. And it doesn't matter if the sickness is cancer or if it's depression. Sometimes the drugs work and sometimes they don't. Sometimes the drugs work for a while and then they stop. Sometimes the alternative stuff works and sometimes it doesn't. And sometimes you wonder if no outside interference makes any difference at all; if an illness is like a storm, if it simply has to run its course and, at the end of it, depending on how robust you are, you will be alive. Or you will be dead.

~ Marian Keyes

Practice brings better results than prayer.

~ Amit Kalantri

May your home always be filled with love, laughter and happiness.

~ Debasish Mridha

I have only one prayer and that is, “Please give me endless power to love.

~ Debasish Mridha

May your life be a fountain of love and kindness to fill the world with joy.

~ Debasish Mridha M.d.

I resolve to write a new chapter of my life every new day in the New Year.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Kindness is the best prayer.

~ Debasish Mridha M.d.

The most meaningful prayer is kindness.

~ Debasish Mridha

If there is any god, then love is his religion and love is his prayer.

~ Debasish Mridha

God wants us to humbly and sincerely ask him things. How often do you enjoy people talking about you without taking the time to get to know you?

~ Criss Jami

Kindness is my prayer. Humanity is my abode.

~ Debasish Mridha

Music is the sweetest language for hearts, kindest prayer for souls, peaceful breeze for minds, and a magical sail for imaginations.

~ Debasish Mridha

Reading is a beautiful prayer for knowledge.

~ Debasish Mridha

Atheism rises above creeds and puts Humanity upon one plane.There can be no 'chosen people' in the Atheist philosophy.There are no bended knees in Atheism;No supplications, no prayers;No sacrificial redemptions;No 'divine' revelations;No washing in the blood of the lamb;No crusades, no massacres, no holy wars;No heaven, no hell, no purgatory;No silly rewards and no vindictive punishments;No christs, and no saviors;No devils, no ghosts and no gods.

~ Joseph Lewis

What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.[Lincoln's maxim and philosophy]

~ Abraham Lincoln

Taking actions will fulfill your dreams and wishes, not the prayers and blessings.

~ Amit Kalantri

People who fit don’t seek. The seekers are those that don’t fit.

~ Shannon L. Alder

If you are religious, pray. If you are philosophical, contemplate. If you are spiritual, meditate.

~ John K. Brown

I'm the cover of a book,Whose pages are still being written

~ Richard L. Ratliff

The fear of death never left me; I couldn't get used to the thought; I would still sometimes shake and weep with terror. By contrast, the fact of existence here and now sometimes took on a glorious splendour.

~ Simone De Beauvoir

Life is biting into a cupcake and finding an eyeball at its center.

~ Alexandra Sirowy

In the end it's only words, my dear.

~ Suz Priestas

Let nothing put me to unease,nothing to deceive.I have conceived,I exist.Because I am blessed,To gather time,in hearing,my breath,so tranquil.To life,I am, thankful.

~ Jasleen Kaur Gumber

What life means has individual answers for each of us.

~ Jay Woodman

We all make mistakes. The more you punish yourself for them, the harder it is to live.

~ Kristina Adams

It takes all of our life to learn how to live, and – something that may surprise you more – it takes just as long to learn how to die.

~ Seneca

Our existence and our environment enclose entities of divinity.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Life has a plan for each of us, we may not understand the whys on our journey but every event is meaningful nonetheless.

~ Ken Poirot

I feel the reason we are all here, our purpose of being, is to help others find their little piece of happiness and heaven right here on earth...

~ Ken Poirot

We can't change yesterday, but we can change tomorrow...

~ Ken Poirot

And in the end you will realise that everything you did, you did for you and for the people like you...

~ Nrane Saroyan

Every woman deserves to be handled like a princess, She just needs to find her prince.

~ Mitchell Edward Page

Life should be full of- Compassion, Peace, Companionship, Honor, Love, Honesty, Joy, Rapture, Euphoria, Friendship, Family, Spiritual Enrichment, Enlightenment, Trust, Truth, Loyalty, Passion, Cultural Enrichment, Unity, Serenity, Zen, Wonder, Respect, Beauty of All Kinds, Balance of all Creation, Philosophy, Adventure, Art, Happiness, Bliss, Serendipity, Kismet, Fantasy, Positivity, Yin, Yang, Color, Variety, Excitement, Sharing, Fun, Sound, Paradise, Magick, Tenderness, Strength, Devotion, Courage, Conviction, Responsibility, Wisdom, Justice, Satisfaction, Fulfillment, Purpose, Mystery, Healing, Learning, Virtue, History, Creativity, Imagination, Receptiveness and Faith. For through these things you are One with your Creator.

~ Solange Nicole

Although you may have never sat down and defined what your philosophy is, it is fully operative and working in your life at all times. It deals with what you believe about the world in which you live, about its people and events, about how you affect them.

~ Chris Prentiss

It is not an unusual life curve for Westerners - to live i n and be shaped by the bigness, sparseness, space clarity & hopefulness of the West, to go away for study and enlargement and the perspective that distance and dissatisfaction can give, and then to return to what pleases the sight and enlists the loyalty and demands the commitment.

~ Wallace Stegner

Hold love like a butterfly, with gentle preservation. Hold life like the reigns of a wild stallion, with fierce assertion. Encompass that, and you find the nectar of the immortal spirit.

~ Kellie Elmore

What a more beautiful world this would be if we didn't wait til people were dead before we honored their spirit.

~ Kellie Elmore