#philosophy

"Do not allow outer chaos disturb your inner tranquility, serenity, and peace."

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

"I don’t want fame, money, or duty. I want to close my eyes and see your loving beauty."

"Rationalism is false not because it seeks to express reality in rational mode, so far as this possible, but because it seeks to embrace the whole of reality in the realm of reason, as if the reason coincides with the very principle of things."

"Society can and does execute its own mandates: and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right, or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle, it practises a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression..."

"Moment of Truth 'Moment of truth' is derived fromthe Spanish momento de la verdad, that Hemingway epiphanous moment when the matador is about to kill the bull. Now it means the moment you realize you won't make it back to the parking meter before it expires ~sometimes expressed as, Motherfucker!"

"Memory Timeline of Divorce Divorce +1 year: "Just because we don't talk, it doesn't mean I can't stop thinking about you."Divorce +10 years: "The one good thing that came out of our marriage was our wonderful children."Divorce +20 year: "Who? Doesn't ring a bell."

"Before hurting an animal, feel her pain and see her tears. Then question your conscience."

"A moment or an eternity—did it matter? Life, undefeated, existed and could exist."

"و هل وقت الفلسفه الا عندما تستعصى حلول الاشياء؟!"

"To touch everyone’s heart, let us all sing a song of peace."

"Let us decorate the world with the pearls of a smile, diamonds of hope, and the rubies of love."

"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"

"The Fate of Prodigies [10w] Early to peak, early to deal with obsolescence and obscurity."

"Every thing—every atom is conscious. To find it we have to open our eyes and see with a higher consciousness."

"If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain!"

"I am not what you are. I am only what I can see. I am me."

"Be true to yourself to reveal your own unique beauties, feelings, and perceptions."

"You see, the deaf have an intimacy with silence. It’s there in their dreams."

"If I Were God [10w] If I were God I'd sell my shit on Ebay."