Quotes about philosophy

I was still keenly aware as in my childhood of the inexplicable nature of my presence here on earth where had I come from here where was I going? I often thought about these things with a kind of stupefied horror and used to fill my diary with long self-communings

Give me the power to love give me the power to be kind. Give me the power to forgive and give me the power to be non-judgmental.

Nihilism is…not only the belief that everything deserves to perish but one actually puts one shoulder to the plough one destroys.

What conclusion is to be drawn from this paradox so worthy of being born in our time and what will become of virtue when one has to get rich at all cost?The ancient political thinkers forever spoke of morals and of virtue ours speak only of commerce and money.

Pursue not the outer entanglements Dwell not in the inner void Be serene in the oneness of things And dualism vanishes by itself.

Brahman is the ultimate reality it is simultaneously Saguna and Nirguna divisions are due to ignorance. Mind and intellect can never catch hold of it they have only one option and that is to merge with it.

My world is about stories that entertain emotions that move people you’ll remember literature that matters.

Dream big try hard fail big keep hope alive.

Have the courage have the boldness believe in yourself you will be a success.

It is not something we often find out but most of the specially-gifted have a deep desire to be ordinary.

Remember that you were born with only love and hope never abandon hope.

Make hope a way toward optimism make optimism a way of life.

My philosophy is I'm raising future adults, not children.

Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.

Things do not change we change.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Cats don't need to be possessed they're evil on their own.

Good-humor is a philosophic state of mind it seems to say to Nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. I maintain that one should always talk of philosophy with a smile.

Wise men speak because they have something to say fools because they have to say something.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality it is a profound source of spirituality.

I don't want to be a tree I want to be its meaning.

Be wiser than other people if you can but do not tell them so.

All is mystery but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.

The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.

Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view truth is a selfless subjectivity.

Nothing important is learned it is simply remembered.

Philosophy cannot be taught it is the application of the sciences to truth.

Few if any seemed to have grasped the Principle of Reality new knowledge leads always to yet more awesome mysteries. Greater physiological knowledge of the brain makes the existence of the soul less possible yet more probable by the nature of the search.

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists only by cultivating empathy can we truly grow as people.

We can't avoid reasoning we can only avoid doing it well.

Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.

It's easy to hate and point out everything that is wrong with the world it is the hardest and most important work in one's life to free oneself from the bonds of fear and attachment.

Forgiveness is created by the restitution of the abuser of the wrongdoer. It is not something to be squeeeeeezed out of the victim in a further act of conscience-corrupting abuse.

I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect because fortune is a woman and if she is to be submissive it is necessary to beat and coerce her.

What we cannot bear removes us from life what remains can be borne.

To recognize untruth as a condition of life--that certainly means resisting accustomed value feelings in a dangerous way and a philosophy that risks this would by that token alone place itself beyond good and evil.

They grew they did not talk about growing.

The ruling classes use broken and smashed up childhoods as weaponised instruments of domination around the world. This is why the government has no incentive to end child abuse because the government needs abuse victims as enforcers.

Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable what it is or what it means can never be said.

la vida sólo puede ser entendida mirando hacia atrás aunque deba ser vivida mirando hacia adelante

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art it arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement.

Is it possible for a man to move the earth? Yes but he must first find out another earth to stand upon.

Pride makes us artificial humility makes us real

A poet or philosopher should have no fault to find with his age if it only permits him to do his work undisturbed in his own corner nor with his fate if the corner granted him allows of his following his vocation without having to think about other people.

Don't hate the media become the media.

No lake so still but it has its wave.No circle so perfect but that it has its blur.I would change things for you if I could As I can't you must take them as they are.

We are the sum of all people we have ever met you change the tribe and the tribe changes you.

All beings so far have created something beyond themselves and do you want to be the ebb of this great flood and even go back to the beasts rather than overcome man? What is the ape to man? A laughingstock or a painful embarrassment. And man shall be just that for the overman: a laughingstock or a painful embarrassment…

Some of us are busy doing things some of us are busy complaining.

To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.

Life is like yoga the only way you can enjoy it is by relaxing into any position you happen to find yourself in.

A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

One does what one is one becomes what one does.

The world is a garden of philosophy. God is its gardener Man is the visitor.And any tree that does not bear fruits of philosophy either does not belong tothat garden or is yet to be grown.

In philosophy it is always good to put a question instead of an answer to a question. For an answer to the philosophical question may easily be unfair disposing of it by means of another question is not.

God gives us not only the truth but also the ability to believe it not only the new thing to see but also the new eye to see it with.

The western mind makes definitions it draws lines.

Children are like sponges they start to smell after a little while.

The method of 'postulating' what we want has many advantages they are the same as the advantages of theft over honest toil.

Lo que sabemos es una gota de agua lo que ignoramos es un océano.

It is not what we have that matters what matters is what we give away with love.

Honor has not to be won it must only not be lost.

A poet is not an apostle he drives out devils only by the power of the devil.

I am philosophical Christ crucified on the cross of ignorance for the sake ofdivine vanity.

When you're lost in space it's time to buy some new furniture!

A political battle is merely a skirmish fought with muskets a philosophical battle is a nuclear war.

We never solve the big questions we outgrow them.

Just because you have a brain doesn't mean you are conscious just because you are alive doesn't mean you have a brain.

Isn't the greatest freedom in the world the freedom to be wrong? What hooks me on our story is our different readings of it. You think it's personal and private my neurosis... I think our story is performative philosophy.

It's when you smell the breeze taste the salt and feel the waves beneath your feet that you truly know that you are alive.

Greatness is found in great actions it is found in humility.

Don’t fear criticism fear stagnation.

Always be ready to help never exercise your right to criticize.

No one can give you freedom you only find it when you learn to overcome your fears.

Love is the beauty love is the truth. Love is the creative and sustaining energy of life

Kindness is the best prayer never forget to be kind and pray.

Birds have wings to fly in the sky you have an imagination to fly everywhere.

Success depends on your attitude happiness depends on your gratitude.

You are born to love and live don’t die without living.

Never forget to value yourself never seek validation outside of yourself.

A person who always fights back with an enemy is not strong a person who shows kindness to an enemy is strong.

Beauty is not out there it is the reflection of your inner beauty. You carry it with you always.

Knowledge makes sounds wisdom is silent.

Life is not something you ponder to explain life is something you deeply love and live.

Always be true to yourself you matter the most.

Don’t try to fit in try to change.

Be an example of small acts of kindness help someone in need.

Don’t fear obstacles offer a better path to walk on.

I fall asleep with the sound of rain I wake up with the songs of the wind.

Life’s journey can never end it only just began.

Find the connection between you and the universe focus on it with deep attention.

Be friendly like a flower smile to a stranger.

Smile like a flower appreciate to empower.

There is no shame in failing it is a better way to get stronger faster.

Nature is not out there it is in your being. You came from nature.

Adversity discourages losers adversity inspires winners.

You are the writer of your life story so don’t forget to write the best one.

Faith is a question of eyesight even the blind can see that.

to have great pain is to have certainty to hear that another person has pain is to have doubt.