Philosophy Quotes - Page 40

‎I love even to see the domestic animals reassert their native rights — any evidence that they have not wholly lost their original wild habits and vigor; as when my neighbor's cow breaks out of her pasture early in the Spring and boldly swims the river, a cold grey tide, twenty-five or thirty rods wide, swollen by the melted snow. It is the Buffalo crossing the Mississippi.

The two seasons; deepest winter from above and nascent spring from below, created a juxtaposition that drew the scene into the land of legend sitting only a heartbeat away behind a translucent river of time.

Only a philosopher's mind grows wings, since its memory always keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close to which the gods are divine.

Any conscious or unconscious thought, love, or actions will bring more energy in your life.

We all encounter things that may seem dim and puzzling at first, but when we actively explore them, we find bold, undauntable light igniting the way from the inside. From within.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. What then kills love? Only this: Neglect.

There is no poetry or song. There is no short or long.There is only you.

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.

When we try to slow things down, it tries to run ahead of us. When we try to fast forward it, it holds us back. Einstein was probably right about it, time IS elastic. One pull at it and it will snap back onto you.

If you lived a good life, you either lived to save or died to save… that which must be saved and kept. Your life would never be meaningless. Not even for a moment.

It isn't where you're born in this world, it's what you do.

If we learn to know that there is no enemy but we only have friend with misunderstanding then peace will be there.

The mind is a miraculous mirror through which we see the world, but it can also see from within.

We all live within our belief solar systems; it’s how we make it through each day. What feels “real” and “true” is based on it. Internal consistency and function means that a belief solar system is simply livable, but it says nothing about its veracity.

Desire and anger are objects of the mind, but the mind is not yours, nor ever has been. You are choiceless, awareness itself and unchanging - so live happily.

In today’s world, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of that disparity.

Teaching is the best way to learn. Never stop learning.

Do not believe in a god who is as silly, and meaner than you. For, that would surely be your higher-self, and your stupid alter-ego.

No triumph without a try.

Abundance of life does not come from having a great job. Abundance comes from generosity.

The will to love, the desire to help, and an open mind with gratitude can unlock the door to eternal happiness.

If any belief or societal dogma prevents peaceful societal change or progress, that society will inevitably be victims of miserable violent changes.

Sometimes I think that we're the aliens.

Love is such a beautiful way to walk on with life.

The Flow in life is not a temporal displacement of moving objects, from a past into a future via a present. Theessential, ongoing Flow to this Reality is an emergence from the value set of your inner nature into the outer realm of events and relationships, where it is then experienced by you in a Now moment.

Society judges people by their successes. I get attracted by their dedication, simplicity, and humility.

Love to live and live to love.

Knighthood lies above eternity; it doesn’t live off fame, but rather deeds.

True love never wants to get, just give. True love never can hurt because it always forgives.

It is easy to conform, but it takes great courage to stand up for peace.

This world is as loving as much as you love this world.

Let your soul bloom like a flower with the beauty and fragrance of divine love.

Nature indeed plants the seeds of religion--fear and ignorance kingcraft and priestcraft water and tend it.

What lies ahead of you is challenging but beautiful.

Sometimes you just have to step outside the box and take a leap of faith. You may not be able to see what's on the other side, but you can't remain in the same place. Fear is what keeps you there. If you want something badly enough you'll take the steps to get there. If you believe it, then you can achieve it.

You are the center of your universe, without you nothing is there.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

If the sum of living be love's fee,Tremble. You are my one eternity.

You may not be punished for your procrastination, but for sure you will be punished by your procrastination.

To love somebody is not just a strong feeling—it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes and it may go. How can I judge that it will stay forever, when my act does not involve judgment and decision?

Go thy way, weigh me the weight of the fire, or measure me the blast of the wind, or call me again the day that is past.

What did the Romans say? “De gustibus non est disputandum”: It is worthless to discuss personal taste. It is called 'personal' for a reason.

There comes a point in our lives where light bothers us more than darkness , we get used to bad happening around us than good , happiness makes us more anxious than sadness and at that moment , we don't mind our lives going chaotic as everything seems to be in order .

Show me a person who found love in his life and did not celebrate it with a dance.

With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.

Liberty opens the door to possibility. Freedom gives us a chance to make that possibility a reality.

Summer arrives with the morning sun.Beach time breezes in with endless fun.

Steve's throat swelled with tension as the intimacy of the moment became more tangible. He moved his eyes from the dark, reflective river, to the dark, reflective pupils in Diane's eyes. They seemed to quiver with tenderness - but then they would grow distant. He found himself continually surprised at the "aliveness" of the person standing just a foot away from him now. She wasn't inanimate: she would flinch if he pinched her, and answer if he asked her. And she was beautiful." -- From "The Grand Unified Story" -- a short story in Zack Love's Stories and Scripts: an Anthology

If you can't impress them with your argument, impress them with your actions.

I am not an outsider. I am an insider who discovered that everyone else had gone out.

You never help anyone without helping yourself. You never pick up anyone without making yourself stronger.

The most important things to know in life are how to love unconditionally and how to be happy.

Always be a seeker. Always be a giver without expecting anything in return. Remember that true joy is in the journey not the destination.

Share your love, share your happiness; you will be rich and a great success.

You hear with your ears, but you listen with an open mind.

Life is a time bound journey to experience the excitement of love, joy, and happiness.

It's always seemed a little preposterous that Hamlet, for all his paralyzing doubt about everything, never once doubts the reality of the ghost. Never questions his own madness might not in fact be unfeigned.

A person may hold his own beliefs and creeds to be dearest, and nourish them with all his might, but the moment he starts preaching the exclusive greatness and dominance over all other systems of beliefs and creeds, the world begins to plunge into a death trap.

Our life is a journey toward happiness.

It seems that nonsense is the only sensible recourse to remedy the nonsense of society’s accepted normalcy