philosophy

"Which came first, the mind or the idea of the mind? Have you never wondered? They arrived together. The mind is an idea."

"Enuncia algunos textos muy contundentes. Son textos en los cuales la destreza literaria casi infinita que tenía Sartre se pone al servicio de la contundencia conceptual. Y cuando se logra esto a un pensador se lo entiende y se lo recibe en plenitud."

"Good vs. Great [10w] To be good twice is a true mark of greatness."

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

"If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain!"

"Every rose is longing for joy and love; every rose know the language of the heart."

"Ethics is a dream."

"Promising vs. Promises A promising life comes from a childhood without broken promises."

"love as a passion—it is our European specialty—must absolutely be of noble origin; as is well known, its invention is due to the Provencal poet-cavaliers, those brilliant, ingenious men of the "gai saber,"to whom Europe owes so much, and almost owes itself."

"Like the sun, start each day with a smile."

"I think to think. Not to be thought-full, or to reach a point of wisdom or acquire a grace of knowledge. I think for the sensuality of thought."

"It must not be forgotten that reason too needs to be sustained in all its searching by trusting dialogue and sincere friendship. A climate of suspicion and distrust, which can beset speculative research, ignores the teaching of the ancient philosophers who proposed friendship as one of the most appropriate contexts for sound philosophical enquiry."

"Ilmselt on ikka tõsi, et valguse kiirusest kiiremini liikuda ei saa, ja seetõttu on kõik kosmoses elavad eluvormid kohutavalt pikaealised.Ja see meie elu planeedil on vaid mingi tõukude-periood, tõukude tase. Et meil tuleb nukkuda ja saada liblikateks, aga ka siis oleme kohutavalt lühiealised ja täiesti juhmid võrreldes selle maailma tõeliste peremeestega, keda me isegi näha ei oska..."

"People will not remember what you did for living,they will remember how you touched them with kindness and loving."

"Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity."

"I realized that conservatism was the philosophy that best suited me, with its emphasis on individual liberty, personal responsibility, and merit."

"Flexibility makes buildings to be stronger, imagine what it can do to your soul."

"To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die."

"We are here to enjoy the breathtaking views of life with love."

"The tragedy is that we cannot believe the dogmas of religion and metaphysics if we have the strict methods of truth in heart and head, but on the other hand, we have become through the development of humanity so tenderly suffering that we need the highest kind of means of salvation and consolation: whence arises the danger that man may bleed to death through the truth that he realises."