#philosophy

"Those who make conversations impossible, make escalation inevitable."

"There is one invisible bridge for every one of us and death is the first step of it. On this side, there is life where there are questions and fear but on that other side of that bridge, there is a whole new world full of answers and peace."

"The pianokeys are black and whitebut they sound like a million colors in your mind"

"A flower teaches us how to love."

"Knowledge and wisdom comes from interaction-- not from inaction."

"Choice vs. Disease [10w] People who label lack of control a disease evade responsibility."

"When you can't get what you want, get what you need"

"Miss Abbott, don't worry over me. Some people are born not to do things. I'm one of them."

"The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long."

"It is related that Sakyamuni [the historical Buddha] once dismissed as of small consequence a feat of levitation on the part of a disciple, and cried out in pity for a yogin by the river who had spent twenty years of his human existence learning to walk on water, when the ferryman might have taken him across for a small coin."

"Faith is not belief in spite of evidence but a life in scorn of the consequences."

"Neanderthal Poetry A poem should come as quick as lightningand create the awe Neanderthals felt cringing in their caves when hearing a clap of thunder."

"In the Kamigata area, they have a sort of tiered lunchbox they use for a single day when flower viewing. Upon returning, they throw them away, trampling them underfoot. The end is important in all things."

"With every moment and every heartbeat, we change even though we still fear change."

"Like a rose bud, my heart always desires to bloom and spread the fragrance of love, beauty, and kindness of mankind."

"The view that man was ever to be drawn by some vision of the unattainable shining ahead, doomed ever to aspire, but not to achieve, my life and my values could not bring me to that."

"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!"

"Both [Quine and Feyerabend] want to revise a version of positivism. Quine started with the Vienna Circle, and Feyerabend with the Copenhagen school of quantum mechanics. Both the Circle and the school have been called children of Ernst Mach; if so, the philosophies of Feyerabend and Quine must be his grandchildren."

"We are nothing but a few atoms arranged in an intricate organized way."

"When you try hard to find happiness for other, you will unknowingly find yourself on the island of happiness."