#philosophy

"He could very likely have appealed for leniency. At least he could have saved his life by agreeing to leave Athens. But had he done this he would not have been Socrates. He valued his conscience--and the truth-- higher than life."

"To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher."

"Create your inner peace to enjoy the endless beauties of life."

"Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust."

"Pretending to be Deep ;) [10w] Only from the mountain's valley can you see the peak."

"He must not merely cling to life, for then he will be a coward, and will not escape. He must not merely wait for death, for then he will be a suicide, and will not escape. He must seek his life in a spirit of furious indifference to it."

"I'll follow you, even to death—but I won't live with you any more."

"Quiconque lutte contre des monstres devrait prendre garde, dans le combat, à ne pas devenir monstre lui-même. Et quant à celui qui scrute le fond de l'abysse, l'abysse le scrute à son tour."

"Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger, portion of truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant."

"Meaning of Life {Couplet} Life's but the love and laughter we've amassed,the friendships forged that shall outlastpossessions, station and renown,the make-up palette of a clown."

"The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else."

"I Take Life Very Seriously: One Joke At A Time."

"To stay or to go, it amounted to the same thing."

"Universal consciousness can never die; it can only transform and transcend."

"What if nobody showed up at Armageddon?"

"A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?"Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason."

"It's impossible to walk through solid rock... You have to walk between the molecules that make up the rock."

"Pactum serva"- "Keep the faith"

"Music is the primordial language of life. That is why we love it so much. Actually every animal can hear and understand music better than we do."

"When I compete, I leave it all on the table. That's my philosophy for the Hot Dog Eating Contest. Do you know what's in those things? Gross!"