Philosophy Quotes - Page 5

Life shows us all colours, some bright and some shades of grey,Some accept with a smile, while some frown in every wayThoughts and memories never end but life does one day.Whole age passes by in wait of that old time to return,But those old days once gone, will never come back again,Rather we can just cherish them in the memories that burn,In the back of our mind and make us remember,How we used to be so crazy,In those old days…

The moon is very charming, alluring, attracting and magical, not because of its beauty, but because of its illusion and reflection of change.

A smile is the most beautiful dance of a woman's heart.

Isn’t reality based on the prevailing culture, the trend that people want to identify with?

The hidden time is an eternity that runs through every moment. It is all-time. The hidden time is a thread, and moments are the beads on the thread.

Speed of life is a killer not a healer, so slow down to bloom like a flower.

When you're there for others, you're ahead of everyone.

A baby is born with two great assets: love and hope.

Imagination is a reality.

-make them lose their faith in happiness as the Sovereign Good and take to believing instead, that the goal was somewhere beyond, somewhere outside the present human sphere; that the purpose of life was not the maintenance of well-being...

The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.

Whenever I love you, I find myself more loving.

Be a person who radiates the fire of love to burn and purify everything around to create the beauty of joy and peace.

True love is very silent, very personal, very non-demanding, and nonjudgmental.

Abundance is not defined by possessions, but it is defined by inner perceptions.

You push the TRUTH off a cliff, but it will always fly. You can submerge the TRUTH under water, but it will not drown. You can place the TRUTH in the fire, but it will survive. You can bury the TRUTH beneath the ground, but it will arise. TRUTH always prevails!

Most bad people are good people that don’t know how to think critically. These people become the blind weapons of a society.

You don't need to put on make-up to make you look pretty. All you need to do is put on a smile and that will make you pretty in anyone's book.

If philosophy gets you lost in the labyrinth of symbols that distance us from reality, then it is part of the problem; if it motivates positive action that can create a better world, philosophy is usually a gift.

The womb of the world births us. My filth comes from the same earthwork that gives rise to all stories. My interior light connects me with all the other creatures that inhabit this world of rocks, air, grass, woods, and water. My genetic code links me inextricably with all of nature. I enter the medley in the river of life with the ability to respond as life unfolds before my childlike eyes. My homemade medicinal poultice might not be of any benefit to other people. Nonetheless, we should each write our stories because each of us aims to attain a greater degree of awareness of our own authenticity. We owe a moral obligation to our family, friends, and ourselves as well as to the community to make a determined effort to wring the most out of life. We must applaud all efforts to investigate the human condition. Even if my writing amounts to nothing more than a clumsy attempt to travel the same tracks other people burnished with much more insight, clarity, precision, and style, it is an act of self-definition to ascribe to any philosophy. Philosophy represents a living charter; it is a life of action.

Delighted to be lost.

When superstitions infect you, it controls your mind.

Bifurcation embraces the weapon of success and failure.

Never forget to give. If you have nothing to give, then give your love and kindness.

When you're in the muck you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you still see the muck but you see it from a different perspective. And you see other things too. That's the consolation of philosophy.

To change yourself, let go of what you are and accept what you want to be.

The desire to belong is in every mind.The desire to get lost in love is in every heart.

Be open minded like the sky. Be accepting like the ocean. Be loving like a flower.

Every problem gets solved with time.

Start working on your child’s mind. Start building your child’s character. Raise your child as a human being, instead of raising boys and girls. Raise human beings with the religion of love in their hearts. Raise human beings with the language of compassion on their lips. Raise human beings with the color of joy on their face. Raise human beings with the force of bravery in their nerves. And these brave conscientious souls with the flames of compassion in their hearts shall one day change the course of human history.

When I hug you, I feel like I am hugging the universe of joy, and I emerge with the ecstasy of life.

I spend money on convenient, comfortable and luxurious things; I spend money on books too.

Let us be loving, caring, and kind to everyone we meet in this beautiful journey called life. At the end nothing else matters.

Later on in life, you expect a bit of rest, don't you? You think you deserve it. I did, anyway. But then you begin to understand that the reward of merit is not life's business.

If one shifts the center of gravity of life out of life into the “Beyond” – into nothingness – one has deprived life as such of its center of gravity. The great lie of personal immortality destroys all rationality, all naturalness of instinct, all that is salutary, all that is life-furthering.

The cynic sees only cynicism, the depressive can taint creation with one glance

Yesterday was good, but let us dream and work hard to make tomorrow even better.

People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.

The mystery in "Eyes of your Eyes" can never be found in the interstellar space unless you encounter timelessness.

When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.

The window of opportunity is always open, just you have to find it.

Non-duality has been the root of all religious movements on this planet.

Keep the window of the mind open to let the fresh thoughts come in like fresh air.

Literature is the question without the answer. Philosophy is the answer without the question.

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live-moreover, the only one.

Death is the defined destination at the end of our life where we transform and transcend ourselves for eternal life.

[M]ental health is based on a certain degree of tension, the tension between what one has already achieved and what one still ought to accomplish, or the gap between what one is and what one should become. Such a tension is inherent in the human being and therefore is indispensable to mental wellbeing.

However, in regards to the theological aspects of each religion, tradition or philosophy, the same exacting standard must be set as measurement: does it clearly and accurately depict the functionality of Reality? That is, does the cosmology precisely describe how Reality works? If not, then the religion is invalid.

The problem with a man is, he is no more a child.

This world is your mirror. Wherever you go, you see a reflection of your thoughts.

When the heart is dry the eye is dry.

Modern bourgeois society with its relations of production, of exchange, and of property, a society that has conjured up such gigantic means of production and of exchange, is like the sorcerer, who is no longer able to control the powers of the nether world whom he has called up by his spells.

When the melody plays, footsteps move, heart sings and spirit begin to dance.

Sometimes the sound of silence is the most deafening sound of all.

Three essential virtues are patient, loyalty and kindness.

If you understand others you are smart.If you understand yourself you are illuminated.If you overcome others you are powerful.If you overcome yourself you have strength.If you know how to be satisfied you are rich.If you can act with vigor, you have a will.If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting.If you die without loss, you are eternal.

Inner peace begins when nothing can disturb the calmness of your mind.

In an earlier stage of our development most human groups held to a tribal ethic. Members of the tribe were protected, but people of other tribes could be robbed or killed as one pleased. Gradually the circle of protection expanded, but as recently as 150 years ago we did not include blacks. So African human beings could be captured, shipped to America, and sold. In Australia white settlers regarded Aborigines as a pest and hunted them down, much as kangaroos are hunted down today. Just as we have progressed beyond the blatantly racist ethic of the era of slavery and colonialism, so we must now progress beyond the speciesist ethic of the era of factory farming, of the use of animals as mere research tools, of whaling, seal hunting, kangaroo slaughter, and the destruction of wilderness. We must take the final step in expanding the circle of ethics. -

If you can feel it, you can find it.

Je hay entre autres vices, cruellement la cruauté, et par nature et par jugement, comme l'extreme de tous les vices.