philosophy

"I will tell you why I became a philosopher. I became a philosopher because I wanted to be able to talk about many, many things, ideally with knowledge, but sometimes not quite the amount of knowledge that I would need if I were to be a specialist in them. It allows you to be many different things. And plurality and complexity are very, very important to me."

"Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible."

"We follow the ways of wolves, the habits of tigers: or, rather we are worse than they. To them nature has assigned that they should be thus fed, while God has honoured us with rational speech and a sense of equity. And yet we are become worse than the wild beast."

"Could two live that way? Could two live under the wild rose, and explore by the pond, so that the smooth mind of each is as everywhere present to the other, and as received and as unchallenged, as falling snow?"

"We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking."

"Kebanyakan orang dapat bertahan hidup hanya jika mereka dapat melupakan realitas ini dan memusatkan diri ke yang lain: ke karier mereka, ke investasi, gelar, anak atau apa saja yang terlihat bertambah banyak."

"Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children."

"Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?"

"No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity"

"God vs. Satan [10w] Why can't God and Satan get along?They're both detail-oriented."

"Love is for life; life is for love."

"I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine."

"Men are made for happiness, and he who is completely happy has the right to say to himself, 'I am doing God's will on earth."

"و هل وقت الفلسفه الا عندما تستعصى حلول الاشياء؟!"

"True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."

"A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmareto the jeweled vision of a life started anew."

"Septimus has been working too hard"- that was all she could say to her own mother. To love makes one solitary, she thought."

"Socrates should have written comics."

"Never forget the prime purpose of your life."

"The best proof that He will never cease to love us lies in that He never began."