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Quotes by Philosopher
"An indoor man eats nothing, except that which is prepared and served by his mother with lots of insults, an outdoor man eats that which he buys, prepares, served and eaten with lots of respect."
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"You are believing not in your god but in yourself if your god knows no better than you do...and yet, in this alone, I am afraid, you have already been fooling yourself."
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"Rain drops are not the ones who bring the clouds."
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"To hear how great your friends think you are: fake your death, or, get married."
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"He who has overcome his fears will truly be free."
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"Mostly, I could tell, I made him feel uncomfortable. He didn't understand me, and he was sort of holding it against me. I felt the urge to reassure him that I was like everybody else, just like everybody else. But really there wasn't much point, and I gave up the idea out of laziness."
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"Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane."
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"The Master, by residing in the Tao,sets an example for all beings.Because he doesn't display himself,people can see his light.Because he has nothing to prove,people can trust his words.Because he doesn't know who he is,people recognize themselves in him.Because he has no goal in mind,everything he does succeeds."
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"What others think of you doesn't matter as much as what you think of yourself."
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"You see, Mersualt, all the misery and cruelty of our civilisation can be measured by this one stupid axiom: happy nations have no history."
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"Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects."
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"If the past could be changed, it would not exist. If the future could be stopped, it would not survive. If the present could be avoided, it would not prevail."
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"Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth."
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"Your ultimate reason for staying in this crooked world is not to imitate its devastating physique, but trying do something about its ugly appearance."
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"I would rather my descendants have greater abilities and a greater knowledge of the love of Christ than I do, much like standing on one's shoulders in order to get a clearer view of the valley."
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"Perhaps a seemingly dull, boring person is not a person who lacks personality, but rather a person with so much personality most other things bore them."
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"A sign of a lover of wisdom is his delight in not running his mouth about things he doesn't know."
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"If we submit everything to reason our religion will be left with nothing mysterious or supernatural. If we offend the principles of reason our religion will be absurd and ridiculous . . . There are two equally dangerous extremes: to exclude reason, to admit nothing but reason."
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"A bear does not change its nature because it shed its fur."
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"Considering the notion that the spiritual battlefield is infinitely greater than the physical, perhaps God is more willing to bless with a sort of divine ecstasy those who see the devil as the enemy rather than those who see other people as the enemies."
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"Extraordinary storms turn average seamen into extraordinary sailors."
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"Cynicism such as one finds very frequently among the most highly educated young men and women of the West results from the combination of comfort and powerlessness."
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"And despite the clamors and the violence, we tried to preserve in our hearts the memory of a happy sea, of a remembered hill, the smile of a beloved face."
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"Thus I draw from the absurd three consequences, which are myrevolt, my freedom, and my passion. By the mere activity ofconsciousness I transform into a rule of life what was an invitationto death-and I refuse suicide."
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"There are not wings of dreams that have not previously dealt with the flight of black thoughts."
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"One can ask why the I has to appear in the cogito {Descartes' argument "I think therefore I am.}, since the cogito, if used rightly, is the awareness of pure consciousness, not directed at any fact or action. In fact the I is not necessary here, since it is never united directly to consciousness. One can even imagine a pure and self-aware consciousness which thinks of itself as impersonal spontaneity."
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"When everything hurries everywhere, nothing goes anywhere."
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"I thought I had lowered my standards pretty much, when I decided that any woman would be good for me as long as she respects me. It didn't took me long to realize that would never happen. I was being naive about the real state of the world. It's not that one shouldn't have low standards, or high, or medium, but that most people are such a disgusting representation of themselves, that they can't stop themselves being like this until they die. And maybe they do appreciate what they had when they lose it, but they quickly forget about it when getting it back. Forgiving people that apologize too often has been another naive behavior of mine."
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"There is not one harsher, more sure-fire way to fail than that of the man who tries to be like Jesus without submitting to Jesus."
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"One recognizes one's course by discovering the paths that stray from it."
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"Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe."
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"If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected ."
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"But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself."
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"As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means."
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"What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man."
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"But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on."
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"A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations."
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"I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation."
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"The foundation of morality on the human sentiments of what is acceptable behavior versus repulsive behavior has always made morals susceptible to change. Much of what was repulsive 100 years ago is normal today, and - although it may be a slippery slope - what is repulsive today is possible to be normal 100 years into tomorrow; the human standard has always been but to push the envelope. In this way, all generations are linked, and one can only hope that every extremist, self-proclaimed progressive is considering this ultimate 'Utopia' to which his kindness will lead at the end of the chain."
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"However deaf the ring of our love bells should strike they will eventually disperse this world's emptiness clouds."
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"Hatred comes from the heart contempt from the head and neither feeling is quite within our control."
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"Love's key unlocks joy's door."
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"If we wish to fight, the enemy can be forced to an engagement even though he be sheltered behind a high rampart and a deep ditch. All we need do is attack some other place that he will be obliged to relieve."
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"I stand in philosophy exactly where I stand in daily life, I should not be honest otherwise."
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"Guide humbly. Guide happily. Guide hopefully. Guide honorably."
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"Faith does not make things happen. It merely breeds perseverance, which helps one persist in making things happen."
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"A divided mind cannot conquer a united soul."
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"We live as ripples of energy in the vast ocean of energy."
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