Philosophy Quotes

Science is never rigid, it is flexible. It can bend towards any direction that ultimately tends to do good to humanity. Religion must learn the same. And the moment any religion learns that, it would become the most scientific religion in the world.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Many have came before you and many will come after you, but none will ever be you. Some may even try to duplicate your characteristics, but they'll never succeed because you are unique.

~ Amaka Imani Nkosazana

The great philosopher, Aristotle had this to say in regards to criticism. “There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

~ L.a. Hilden

We have no heart at seventeen. We think we do; we think we have been cursed with a holy, bloated thing that twitches at the name we adore, but it is not a heart because though it will forfeit anything in the world-the mind, the body, the future, even the last lonely hour it has-it will not sacrifice itself.

~ Andrew Sean Greer

Death means nothing to us

~ Epicurus

Water runs if you try to grasp it, but pours onto an open hand.

~ The Silver Elves

I revered our theology, and aspired as much as any one to reach heaven: but being given assuredly to understand that the way is not less open to the most ignorant than to the most learned, and that the revealed truths which lead to heaven are above our comprehension, I did not presume to subject them to the impotency of my reason; and I thought that in order competently to undertake their examination, there was need of some special help from heaven, and of being more than man.

~ René Descartes

How much does he lack himself who must have many things?

~ Sen No Rikyū

Newton invented a new form of reason. He expanded reason to handle infinitesimal changes and I think what is needed now is a similar expansion of reason to handle technological ugliness. The trouble is that the expansion has to be made at the roots, not at the branches, and that’s what makes it hard to see.

~ Robert M. Pirsig

Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.

~ Alan W. Watts

If you are surrounded by people who not only don't believe in your goals and your positive outlook on life, but who also continually try to tear you down, it will be extremely challenging for you to hold firmly in mind that you will succeed and that you can be happy.

~ Chris Prentiss

What determines each person's state of happiness or unhappiness is not the event itself, but what the event means to that person.

~ Chris Prentiss

The true source of happiness is within each of us.

~ Chris Prentiss

Every belief that you hold manifests itself in some manner by either causing you to take some form of action or by preventing you from taking action. If you don't believe something is possible, you won't even attempt it.

~ Chris Prentiss

Stress comes from the way you relate to events or situations.

~ Chris Prentiss

Your actions create an energy vortex that draws in the necessary ingredients for your venture.

~ Chris Prentiss

A strong personal philosophy does more than sustain us through the tragedies of life. It also stains us daily in everything we think and do. It gives us optimism and hope.

~ Chris Prentiss

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~ Kamil Ali

Secrets,” Kohler finally said, “are a luxury we can no longer afford.

~ Dan Brown

The big secret about Art is that no one wants it to be true.

~ Adam Phillips

I believe in Supreme Being, a Creator, whoever he may be, it's of no importance to me, who put us here on earth to do our duty as citizens and fathers; but I don't need to go to church and kiss silver platters and dig into my pocket to fatten up a lot of humbugs who eat better than you or I do! Because he can be worshiped just as well in a wood, a field, or even just gazing at the ethereal vault, like the ancients.

~ Gustave Flaubert

Libations are for the gods. Cocktails are for mere mortals.

~ Jonathan Kieran

The universe seems to be a lot like a car or a computer, in that it's designed to be user-friendly, which doesn't necessarily require the user to have a clue what's going on under the hood.

~ Michelle Templet

Quite possibly the only infinite power in the universe may be the human capacity for self-deception.

~ Michelle Templet

The problem is not that we can't answer the great questions, but that we ask them in the first place.

~ Marty Rubin

What is familiar is what we are used to; and what we are used to is most difficult to 'Know' - that is, to see as a problem; that is, to see as strange, as distant, as 'outside us'.

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

a Nepali outlook, pace and philosophy had prevented us being swamped by our problems. In Nepal it was easier to take life day by day.

~ Jane Wilson-Howarth

To solve your problems, stop worrying.

~ Debasish Mridha

Only by knowing yourself can you live honestly and find your own path.

~ Gregory Bassham

It's in out-of-the-ordinary situations - especially situations of challenge or adversity - that the most important differences between people shine through.

~ Gregory Bassham

If we forget the past, individually or as a culture, we lose knowledge that has already been gained, and we lose valuable tools by which our knowledge may grow.

~ S. Joel Garver

Love is an operation theatre, where you find the scalpel and the stitches

~ عبادة زياد الحمدان

We all see the world through the prism of our identity.

~ Ethan Hawke

Be content with what you have;rejoice in the way things are.When you realize there is nothing lacking,the whole world belongs to you.

~ Lao Tzu

This Self is never born, nor does It die. It did not spring from anything, nor did anything spring from It. This Ancient One is unborn, eternal, everlasting. It is not slain even though the body is slain.

~ The Upanishads

Be not afraid life with all its despair, pain and unhappiness is just a crucible wherein your brighter dreams are conceived, shaped and born

~ Rassool Jibraeel Snyman

This isn’t lust. Lust wants, does the obvious, and pads back into the forest. Love is greedier. Love wants round-the-clock care; protection; rings, vows, joint accounts; scented candles on birthdays; life insurance. Babies. Love’s a dictator.

~ David Mitchell

Terrible times breed terrible things, my lord.

~ George R.r. Martin

Only those exceptional at mimicking others feel at ease in the world.

~ Anonymousse

Life is like a one rung ladder, some days you can be on the top and bottom of the world at the same time

~ Benny Bellamacina