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Quotes by Philosopher
"In our worldly perceptions of Jesus, we tend to embrace the kindness of his love ('be encouraged') but not the discipline of his love ('and sin no more'). But with the whole scope of his love, or maturity in Christ, we begin relying on him for guidance where we would prefer him to walk beside us rather than behind us."
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"Good deeds are the highest notes in life's symphony."
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"Philosophy may serve as the bridge between theology and science. All atheism is a philosophy, but not all philosophy is atheism. Philosophy ('love of wisdom') is simply a tool depending on how one uses it, and in some cases, logically understanding the nature of God and existence."
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"It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends."
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"Even when the truth is in fact simple, simplicity is still relative."
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"You are imprisoned by your own mind. Freedom comes when you see the mind as a tool, not as your master."
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"You are a seed, that is why God plants you in adversity when He wants you to grow."
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"In a group of intelligent men expect only one to be wise."
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"You cannot reach the stars feet on the ground."
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"There is nothing at all that can be talked about adequately, and the whole art of poetry is to say what can't be said."
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"There is something the child sees that he does not see; something the child hears that he does not hear; and this something is the most important thing of all. Because he does not understand it, his understanding is more childish than the child's and more simple than simplicity itself; in spite of the many clever wrinkles on his parchment face, and the masterly play of his fingers in unravelling the knots."
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"One who loves roses cannot avoid its thorns."
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"Just as there is a moment when the artist must stop, when the sculpture must be left as it is, the painting untouched-just as a determination not to know serves the maker more than all the resources of clairvoyance-so there must be a minimum of ignorance in order to perfect a life in happiness. Thosewho lack such a thing must set about acquiring it: unintelligence must be earned."
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"There is October in every November and there is November in every December! All seasons melted in each other's life!"
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"All good things are powerful stimulants to life, even a good book written against life."
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"Sometimes our best speech is the way we look in silence!"
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"I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel."
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"Solving a problem is intelligence. Preventing a problem is wisdom."
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"Our most beautiful dreams are born from our most unpleasant nightmares."
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"Buy laughter with tears, and you'll be rich forever."
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"We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause."
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"People who take you for granted would be mad at those who regard you as something."
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"An exceptional woman with all the desired qualities exists only in a man's imagination."
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"The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death."
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"Persistent smile brings out hollow dimples, and persistent frowns brings out hollow wrinkles."
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"Sometimes at night I would sleep open-eyed underneath a sky dripping with stars. I was alive then."
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"Water is not frightened of the ocean. Light is not frightened of the Sun."
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"You need power only when you want to do something harmful. Otherwise, love is enough."
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"Thou shalt not use the 140 characters limit as an excuse for bad grammar and/or incorrect spelling."
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"To be extremely happy but extremely intelligent is a task of being optimistic without being cheesy."
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"Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable."
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"A rumor is usually a lie that the media can legally profit from."
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"Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic."
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"I believe in spectacles, but I think eyes necessary too."
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"School forces unique individuals to think, act, and, look alike."
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"Our thoughts, feelings and whereabouts: Food we dish up on plates called photographs and status updates; to feed Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.; beasts with insatiable appetites."
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"If you place [your bet] with God, you lose nothing, even if it turns out that God does not exist. But if you place it against God, and you are wrong and God does exist, you lose everything."
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"All the good stuff has already been said by someone somewhere at some point in time. You just have to find it. Today, communication pretty much comes down to understanding - saying what you have to say clearly and effectively...and then living it."
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"What branch does not have its leaves and which twig will not have its flowers?"
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"I may be deprived of eloquence, but my mind can never be a dumb."
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"It's very dangerous to invent something in our times; ostentatious men of the other world, who are hostile to innovations, roam about angrily. To live in peace, one has to stay away from innovations and new ideas. Innovations, like trees, attract the most destructive lightnings to themselves."
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"To believe in what you don't know is as true as to believe in what you do know as long as life is an illusion."
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"Stars are not praised for shining during the day, but at night."
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"The only way to educate oneself is by making books a life companion."
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"The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing."
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"It is necessary to fall in love " the better to provide an alibi for all the despair we are going to feel anyway."
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"A man who is deprived of criticisms is a miserable and a poor man, a man who ignores or refuses or fears criticisms is a foolish man!"
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"We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent."
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"There was a time when skepticism was an act of rebellion. Since to a degree I both believe in evolution and have faith, I can only conclude that, as prophesied, to have faith will someday be an act of rebellion."
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"Let those who sit know that this world is not a waiting room; it is an arena to struggle, an arena for action! Let the inactive remember that we were born to act, not to sit!"
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