#philosophy

"Casualties of War The casualties of war are far, far morethan those lying dead on the battlefield floor."

"I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love."

"Follow your heart; don’t fear changes. With love, the heart changes its content."

"Doldrums People who live in the doldrumscan't throw caution to the wind."

"In my heart's most secret place,I pity them as angels do."

"Perdue: It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken... ...it's all about steroids and crowd management."

"Concatenate /kənˈkætəneɪt/to link together, as in a chain Do you concatenate cats by tying their tails together or do you just stuff the tail of one into the mouth of the other?Which method is better for yanking your chain?"

"Personally, I prefer Stevie Wonder,"confessed the Chink, "but what the hell. Those cowgirls are always bitching because the only radio station in the area plays nothing but polkas, but I say you can dance to anything if you really feel like dancing."To prove it, he got up and danced to the news."

"Life begins where needs end."

"Knowledgeable [10w] The knowledgeable man inventoried and catalogued everything he doesn't know."

"Eyes of Heaven To see through the eyes of heavenis to look upon your fellow manand only see the good in him."

"Russian, Metafizicheskiy-poshlost This is the humorous metaphysical banality like watching Tolstoy's wife, Sophia, nag her husband about leaving borscht stains on the table linen. The resulting discombobulation totally messed up the ending of Anna Karenina."

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

"Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another."

"Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy"

"But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole centuries the indignation of a pious spirit, with its natural following of oppressed souls, will cast down with a single shove."

"Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power."

"للحياة أطواراً لا يخبرها المرء إلا يوماً بيوم"

"I’ve always hated the “Who are you?"question. This is a philosophical inquiry. Answering that question is why we’re on earth. You can’t answer it in thirty seconds or in an elevator."

"Buffett does enjoy being a billionaire, but in offbeat ways. As he put it, though money cannot change your health or how many people love you, it lets you be in 'more interesting environments."