#philosophy

"Leaps of Faith [10w] Like religion, leaps of faith are behind all idealistic movements."

"On the way toward success, obstacles are the barrier to build the power of the mind."

"Good Egg [10w] Picking up the pieces is the responsibilty of the egg."

"A novel is never anything but a philosophy expressed in images. And in a good novel the philosophy has disappeared into the images."

"I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think"

"For any given problem, if there's a simple solution it will already have been applied. So, perhaps, the solution isn't as simple as you think."

"When you smile, you bloom."

"Murder [10w] Two coats of paint doen't get rid of a ghost."

"Philosophy ... is a science, and as such has no articles of faith; accordingly, in it nothing can be assumed as existing except what is either positively given empirically, or demonstrated through indubitable conclusions."

"How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, the uncertainty of our existence and the countless enigmas which press upon us from all sides, everyone does not continually and ceaselessly philosophize, but that only the rarest of exceptions do."

"Hey, I am thinking of it myself, in this part of world (East), we all do endeavors in praying and are sweating (white liquid) and this is our situation, frustrated , but on the other part of world (West) ,they are enjoying in party and drinking liquor (white liquid) but their situation is that, successful, I do not know that the problem relates to the type of liquid or the way of drinking!!"

"The Refugee I packed my car with cash and valuablesand headed for the border.At the first checkpoint they took my cash.At the second they took my valuables.At the border they took my car and my shoes.I walked barefoot the last 100 feet to freedom,and was greeted with open arms by a person I didn't recognize.In time I discovered that strangerwas the me they could not take from me."

"The five points of yama, together with the five points of niyama, remind us of the Ten Commandments of the Christtian and Jewish faiths, as well as of the ten virtues of Buddhism. In fact, there is no religion without these moral or ethical codes. All spiritual life should be based on these things. They are the foundation stones without which we can never build anything lasting. (127)"

"A-New-Year's-a-Comin' [10w] A new year is coming!Let's all make new mistakes!"

"The greatest mystery the universe offers is not life but Size."

"It’s an already inside outside,The philosophers say it’s the soulBut it’s not the soul: it’s the animal or the man itselfIn its way of existing."

"To believe in nothing is as ridiculous as to believe in everything. Reason and factual evidence may convert a belief into knowledge."

"Is it better to go with the flow or let the flow go?"

"Teach a child to love his world deeply so that he may find the beauty and joy of life."

"Six-Pack [10w] A six-pack of beer's inversely proportional to six-pack of abs."