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Quotes by Philosopher
"Many are the noble words in which poets speak concerning the actions of men; but like yourself when speaking about Homer, they do not speak of them by any rules of art: they are simply inspired to utter that to which the Muse impels them, and that only; and when inspired, one of them will make dithyrambs, another hymns of praise, another choral strains, another epic or iambic verses- and he who is good at one is not good any other kind of verse: for not by art does the poet sing, but by power divine."
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"Passion stimulates you, love intoxicates you, marriage sobers you, and parenthood tries you."
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"A foolish rabbit is endeared by a foxes' smile."
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"Don't be in a hurry to grasp everything. The mystery of life unfolds at its own pace."
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"The most serious will miss heaven, the unserious rebel will repent in the last hour."
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"More people would be depressed, if parents tried to please their children as frequently and as badly as children try to please their parents."
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"To most Americans, a dog is a potential mate. To some Chinese, a dog is potential meat."
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"Ask anyone and they'll most likely say their family is crazy, and if they don't say their family is crazy, their friends are crazy. That's because everyone is crazy after taking the mask off. People are most themselves when not really trying to fit in, when either alone or around those already closest to them, and that is crazy."
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"Walking to success is better than sprinting to failure."
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"If you fish without proper bait, you will only catch disappointment."
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"If your words touch the hearts, that's good; if your words touch the minds, that's better and if your words touch both the hearts and the minds, that is the best!"
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"The hardest chore to do, and to do right, is to think. Why do you think the common man would choose labor, partially, as a distraction from his own thoughts? It is because that level of stress, he most absolutely abhors."
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"Reasoning draws a conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience."
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"Men promise freedom while establishing laws, God promises laws while establishing freedom."
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"Seeing the obvious is often harder than seeing the hidden!"
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"The best chapters in your life story are written by love."
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"Sometimes interesting paths create interesting people and sometimes interesting people create interesting paths!"
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"When I was young, I believed God was a woman because I couldn't come up with any other explanation as to why the universe was so tidy."
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"If you can laugh at yourself, you have already achieved freedom."
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"To be in love is to be in danger, because love transforms you."
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"The sun is never denied the light it gives; likewise, you are never denied the kindness you bestow."
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"The smallest world on earth is that which is created by a closed mind."
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"If all you have is money, you are among the poorest people in the world."
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"We should tend our freedom wisely."
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"One does not become strong lifting feathers."
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"God is the world's oldest poet, love is the world's oldest poem."
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"God cannot resist love for He cannot resist Himself."
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"An artist that makes art merely to meet a demand is a slave to what his patrons wants to see, or, hear."
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"Senses of humor define people, as factions, deeper rooted than religious or political opinions. When carrying out everyday tasks, opinions are rather easy to set aside, but those whom a person shares a sense of humor with are his closest friends. They are always there to make the biggest influence."
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"They're so cold, these scholars!May lightning strike their foodso that their mouths learn howto eat fire!"
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"What every man should desire is an ugly woman with a beautiful heart, not a beautiful woman with an ugly heart."
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"If you build castles in the air, make sure you have a ladder to reach them."
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"It is debatable whether blind faith is truly faith at all. Faith is the perceptive gray area where scientific facts meet an individual's experiential truths - the extreme of the former is left feeling in the dark whereas the latter is caught blinded by the light. By proper scientific method, it is intellectually dishonest for me to declare the existence of God with utmost certainty, but to my individual spirit, I would be intellectually dishonest to deny the existence of God even for a second. This leaves the best of both worlds, as the believer is called to be able to give reasons for his faith, a deviation from mere fantasy."
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"Love is more potent than wine, one drop can intoxicate you for a lifetime."
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"Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never."
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"Some people in orthodox churches in Africa take poverty as a path that leads to heaven, making christianity look unattractive."
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"Don't waste dollars counting cents."
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"Love is loud; the soul hears it, even if the universe is deaf."
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"For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For no one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man."
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"The best couples share the load, divide the grief, and add to the peace, thereby multiplying joy."
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"It is a poore Center of a Mans Actions, Himselfe."
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"To better understand God we must first shatter our own idea of God - maybe even day after day. Maybe he's too great to stay compressed in the human mind. Maybe he splits it wide open; this is why pretentious intellectualism so often fails to comprehend the concept of God: it is only accepting of what it can explain while in the process finding higher sources offensive. What we may confidently assert is that faith is the opening that allows God, this unpredictable, unseen power, to travel in and out of the mind without all the pains of confusion."
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"There is always a beautiful light around the compassionate people: The shining light of goodness!"
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"All man must live in Machu Picchu for some time! Over there, you will be closer to the universe and you will realise how trivial you are in this chaotic cosmos. Science is the only power which will make you bigger and significant in this universe!"
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"People debate over whether or not there is a literal Hell, in the literal sense often described as fire and eternal torture, which, to many, seems to be too harsh a punishment. If men really want to fear something, they should be fearing separation from God, the supposedly more comforting alternative to a literal Hell. For separation from the authorship of love, mercy, and goodness is the ultimate torture. If you think a literal Hell sounds too bad, you are very much underestimating the pain of being absolutely, wholly separated from the goodness while exposed to the reality of the holiness of God."
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"If you step on a serpent, it will reply you with its fangs."
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"Spend time with people who enrich your mind, nourish your heart, and illuminate your soul."
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"A diamond does not complain about the discomfort of being polished, for in the end it knows it will shine."
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