#philosophical

"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"

"How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, the uncertainty of our existence and the countless enigmas which press upon us from all sides, everyone does not continually and ceaselessly philosophize, but that only the rarest of exceptions do."

"Freedom is an absolute state, there is no such thing as being half-free."

"Truths are as much a matter of questions as answers."

"Errors do not cease to be errors simply because they’re ratified into law."

"The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour."

"In meetings philosophy might work,on the field practicality works."

"The best things in life make you sweaty."

"The Yorubas have a saying, here, my translation in English--a poor fool is a bigger fool rich. In other words, money only allows and enables you to be more of who you are. My bigger translation? You don't jump essence, you jump environs!"

"Wonderment shared is doubled.Love shared is infinite."

"Death twitches my ear;'Live,' he says... 'I'm coming."

"A photograph shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy."

"It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what."[I saw hate in a graveyard -- Stephen Fry, The Guardian, 5 June 2005]"

"Avoid loud and aggressive persons,they are vexations to the spirit."

"A sin is nothing more than regret. Not for doing it once, but doing it again when you know you’re going to regret it."

"In every journey comes a moment... one like no other. And in that moment, you must decide between who you are... and who you want to be."

"The deepest wounds aren't the ones we get from other people hurting us. They are the wounds we give ourselves when we hurt other people."

"We are the sum total of the decisions we have made."

"My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right."

"It is wisdom to recognize necessity when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope."