philosophy

"Hope does not leave without being given permission."

"Furthermore, as the body suffers the horrors of disease and the pangs of pain, so we see the mind stabbed with anguish, grief and fear. What more natural than that it should likewise have a share in death?"

"Whether you live to be 50 or 100 makes no difference, if you made no difference in the world."

"Plato offers the amazing idea that contemplation of the way things really are is, in itself, a purifying process that can bring human beings into the only divinity there is."

"If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet."

"Creativity is a flower of love and a light that is eager to enlighten others."

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies."

"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."

"Our lives are part of a unique adventure... Nevertheless, most of us think the world is 'normal' and are constantly hunting for something abnormal--like angels or Martians. But that is just because we don't realize the world is a mystery. As for myself, I felt completely different. I saw the world as an amazing dream. I was hunting for some kind of explanation of how everything fit together."

"If it turns out that there is a God...the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever."

"In truth, Freud sees nothing and understands nothing."

"Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man"

"It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams."

"Do you want to achieve something or do you just want to make money?” asked a nearby man in a white shirt to another man in a striped shirt. I waited for the answer as I slowly walked past them. “Why is it an either or question?” the man in the striped shirt finally murmured philosophically under a sip of beer. They both stood there looking at each other in thought."

"Remain true to yourself, child. If you know your own heart, you will always have one friend who does not lie."

"The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy."

"Impossible things are really rough to do, you know."

"An over examination of life can deter you from life itself"

"A family man shouldn't trade his peace for profits, it is the job of a businessman."

"Aus Lügen, die wir glauben, werden Wahrheiten, mit denen wir leben."