philosophy

"When you don't fit in anymore, eat less."

"The poet…is the man of metaphor: while the philosopher is interested only in the truth of meaning, beyond even signs and names, and the sophist manipulates empty signs…the poet plays on the multiplicity of signifieds."

"Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results."

"When you’ve tried everything and failed, try everything else and succeed"

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"May you live every day of your life."

"The Encyclopedia--the advance artillery of reason, the armada of philosophy, the siege engine of the enlightenment..."

"How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh, and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfet raigns."

"You like me not because I like you. I like you just because I like me."

"The best ship, the best culture, the best knowledge, is the one which allows us to go farther, explore more territories or oceans of reality, and have the least damaging leaks possible."

"Inevitably it follows that anyone with an independent mind must become 'one who resists or opposes an authority or established convention': a rebel. ...And if enough people come to agree with—and follow—the REBEL, we now have a DEVIL. Until, of course, still more people agree. And then, finally, we have ... GREATNESS."

"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible."

"Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you."

"Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgements are always consistent are unreflective or dogmatic."

"War [10w] When leaders threaten war,they’re breaking dirt on our graves."

"Failures and mistakes are lessons to be learned from. They are opportunities for growth."

"If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin."

"Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners."

"Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace."

"The sole philosophy open to those who doubt the possibility of truth is absolute silence -- even mental."