#philosophy

"My desire and wish is that the things I start with should be so obvious that you wonder why I spend my time stating them. This is what I aim at because the point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it."

"I am a farmer of kindness and compassion; I plant the seeds of love in my garden."

"If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin."

"When your mind is overflowing with peace, you will find peace all around you."

"Omnia vincit amor"- "Love conquers all"

"Your level of consciousness depends on your love and understanding of this universe and all its contents."

"To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred."

"To be an outlaw you must first have a base in law to reject and get out of, I never had such a base. I never had a place I could call home that meant any more than a key to a house, apartment or hotel room. … Am I alien? Alien from what exactly? Perhaps my home is my dream city, more real than my waking life precisely because it has no relation to waking life…"

"لو كنت شيعيا لأيدت المظاهرات.. ولو كنت سنيا لتوجست منها... لا أتمنى أن أكون سنيا في دولة شيعية.. ولا أن أكون شيعيا في الخليج.. لكني لا أخشى أن أكون بوذيا في بريطانيا.."

"Celebrity [10w] Celebrity seeking is like love or war: NO HOLDS BARRED."

"When kindness is your religion, then caring is your prayer."

"Kein Philosoph würde ein dickes Buch schreiben, wenn er im Vornherein wüsste, auf welche Weise er später zitiert werden wird."

"Life happened in the past. Life will happen in the future, but life is happening at this moment. Live in this moment. Seize this moment!"

"Relative truths can also be absolute.Relative absolute truths are like two people looking at the same coin, from two different sides, each sees a different truth and presumes they are looking at the same coin, and yet neither side can see the third side."

"Things always become obvious after the fact"

"One Poet, 20 Months, 6000 Poems [10w] Let me take this breath... to celebrate my 6000th poem."

"Say No to Drugs Commercials The image of an egg sizzling in a frying pan is not your brain on drugs.It's just a fucking omelet."

"Young people everywhere have been allowed to choose between love and a garbage disposal unit. Everywhere they have chosen the garbage disposal unit."

"The Cure [10w] Laughter, love and faith can cure 95% of all illnesses."

"In the Future [1]: (criminals) In the future we're going to find a wayto turn criminals into wordsand then place them in parentheses."