#philosophy

"Nobody understands the nature of the Church, or the ringing note of the creed descending from antiquity, who does not realize that the whole world once very nearly died of broadmindedness and the brotherhood of all religions."

"Ideas are the source of all things"

"I am a farmer of kindness and compassion; I plant the seeds of love in my garden."

"You are the expression of consciousness; your thoughts are the expression of you."

"One of chief pieces of advice I give to aspiring rationalists is "Don't try to be clever."And, "Listen to those quiet, nagging doubts."If you don't know, you don't know what you don't know, you don't know how much you don't know, and you don't know how much you needed to know."

"Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man."

"Existentialism's first move is to make every man aware of what he is and to make the full responsibility of his existence rest on him."

"The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found."

"With an open mind, you are the imagination of universal consciousness and the creation of the subconscious mind that wanders throughout the universe."

"Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star."

"Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has made progress simply by having internalized their contents."Translation by Sharon Lebell"

"Grease [10w] Relationships between people are rarely frictionless;they all need grease."

"My Secret for Out-of-the-Box-Thinking To help me writein my signature out-of-the-box style,I sit in front of my humidifier that I've filled up with Grey Goose vodka.My humidifier is now at Underwriters Laboratoriesin a 12-Step Programand buddied up with a de-humidifier."

"More powerful than the mighty armies is an idea whose time has come."

"Even English Language doesn't provide you with the Synonyms of the word Success."

"Evolution of Love [10w] Love evolved from when one monkey handed another a blossom."

"You only live twice:Once when you are bornAnd once when you look death in the face"

"The State of the World Attests to This: [10w] Common people are too easily manipulated or stupid to vote."

"Our love went from fly to flower to butterfly, and it was meant to beautifully flutter, not sit still on a shelf like a trophy to be collected."

"Did He Do the Right Thing? I walked out of the room. I did not stay to watch my beloved draw her last breath because I didn't want all my magical memories of her tainted by the profanity of death."