#philosophy

"Atheism is a way of humility. It's to think oneself to be an animal, as we are actually and to allow oneself to become human."

"If just one of [those people] experiences life as a crazy adventure--and I mean that he, or she, experiences this every single day... Then he or she is a joker in a pack of cards."

"Rotaryrotatory In a universe composed wholly of revolving doors we'll have no need for gatekeepers or tipping doormen at Christmas."

"Modest doubt is call'd the beacon of the wise."

"One great function of the arts is to keep ideals alive in a culture that does not yet realize them."

"Obscure Poetry Obscurity does not make a poem better or deeper.It simply makes it obscure."

"Siesta Mud tracked from the rice fields blazon a pathFrom kitchen to cellar escaping noon’s wrath.A quiet siesta to break the ordealOf scything and sifting and spinning the wheel.Half a dream later he returns to the fieldTo seeding earth’s furrows. massaging its yield.And when Sun descends gravely back to her tombHe tracks back to the kitchen, the cellar, his room."

"Every life has a destiny... the trick is to discover it before then end of your life. Otherwise, you will have too many regrets."

"Smile to lighten up."

"Poets Hate Poets [10w] Poets hate poets who are more talented than they are."

"Taste [10w] + [10w] "If you have sophisticated taste, you like what I like.If you're a Neanderthal, you will love what I hate."

"River Mountain Ocean [10w] + [10w] + {Couplet} Rivers delight in their flow;Mountains savor their snow.But oceans are in concurrencetheir contentment comes from recurrence."

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

"Stumble When you don't know how to end a sentence you've stumbled upon a truth."

"The more powerful the class, the more it claims not to exist."

"It is not very difficult to build world peace. We just have to be kind to each other and treat each other with great care."

"Peace begins with a touch of unconditional love."

"Our thoughts make everything possible in this impossible world."

"Like the sun, start each day with a smile."

"Rousseau identified reason as the disease for which it pretended to be the cure."