#philosophy

"A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both."

"Heartbreak [10w] Heartbreak’s like a heart attack but without the hospital bills."

"When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things: either there will be ground to stand on, or you will be given wings to fly."

"The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp."

"Enough is never enough."

"Plato offers the amazing idea that contemplation of the way things really are is, in itself, a purifying process that can bring human beings into the only divinity there is."

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

"ESL New immigrantswho've taken ESL (English as a Second Language),will always misunderstand sarcasm ~but those fuckers sure as shit enjoy the prices at Walmart."

"Poets Be Realists! Poets be realists!It's O.K. to keep your jobs ~just don't quit your day dreams."

"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."

"Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul."

"Our consciousness is primitive; it is dependent on wants and needs."

"To live in peace, love peace."

"To transform mankind into a joyful garden, let us bloom like a spring flower."

"Molecules dissolve and pass away, but consciousness survives the death of the matter on which it rides."

"Non est ad astra mollis e terris via"- "There is no easy way from the earth to the stars"

"Pedestals [10w] People should not be placed on pedestals unless they're stuffed."

"There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge and wisdom. Shall we instead choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? I appeal as a human being to human beings; remember your humanity, and forget the rest."

"Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art; it arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement."

"[T]he price you've paid is not the price of becoming human. It's not even the price of having the things you just mentioned. It's the price of enacting a story that casts mankind as the enemy of the world."