Philosophical Quotes

I embrace the purpose of God and the doom assigned

Alfred Tennyson

Frustration is having a debate with a blind man on shades of red

rassool jibraeel snyman

For the salvation of his soul the Muslim digs a well. It would be a fine thing if each of us were to leave behind a school, or a well, or something of the sort, so that life would not pass by and retreat into eternity without a trace.

Conscience is the most sacred of all property in which our contemporary government of criminals aspires to plunder from our compatriots by the means of unconstitutional surveillance.

It is better to make an irrational noise in a bush than in a desert.

Doing something once can be addicting. Doing it twice is admitting it.

Even a cockroach can be legendary by being killed by a legend.

This Self is never born, nor does It die. It did not spring from anything, nor did anything spring from It. This Ancient One is unborn, eternal, everlasting. It is not slain even though the body is slain.

It is indeed a curse to dream as you walk amongst the dreamless

rassool jibraeel snyman

At the railroad station he noted that he still had thirty minutes. He quickly recalled that in a cafe on the Calle Brazil (a few dozen feet from Yrigoyen's house) there was an enormous cat which allowed itself to be caressed as if it were a disdainful divinity. He entered the cafe. There was the cat, asleep. He ordered a cup of coffee, slowly stirred the sugar, sipped it (this pleasure had been denied him in the clinic), and thought, as he smoothed the cat's black coat, that this contact was an illusion and that the two beings, man and cat, were as good as separated by a glass, for man lives in time, in succession, while the magical animal lives in the present, in the eternity of the instant.

Jorge Luis Borges

Deep down inside we always seek for our departed loved ones

At the heart of all of mankind’s achievements is imagination.

… in these new days and in these new pages a philosophical tradition of the spontaneity of speculation kind has been rekindled on the sacred isle of Éire, regardless of its creative custodian never having been taught how to freely speculate, how to profoundly question, and how to playfully define. Spontaneity of speculation being synonymous with the philosophical-poetic, the philosophical-poetic with the rural philosopher-poet, and by roundelay the rural philosopher-poet thee with the spontaneity of speculation be. And by the way of the rural what may we say? A philosopher-poet of illimitable space we say. Iohannes Scottus Ériugena the metaphor of old salutes you; salutes your lyrical ear and your skilful strumming of the rippling harp. (Source: Hearing in the Write, Canto 19, Ivy-muffled)

Richard McSweeney

The 21st chapter gives the novel the quality of genuine fiction, an art founded on the principle that human beings change. ----- "A Clockwork Orange Resucked" intro to first full American version 1986

Anthony Burgess

Character is just an invention, but it's an invention that serves as both reason and justification for our behaviour. - Broken Verses

In the vast spectrum of space-time’s coeternal continuum, I am but a glint of bundled energy held together by the translucent fiber of creative consciousness. The misty dew of private thoughts that inhabit my streaky underworld briefly forms a splintery part of the glittering arena of the cosmos. In the ether-like dawn of my awakening, my minuscule arch appears intravenously injected amid the dark matter of the nightscape. Reminiscent of the morning’s dew, my comet’s tailed reflection disintegrates and dissipates without a lasting trace in the dawn of a new age. I shall never wholly cease to exist, since my filtrate potentiality – a trace of my essence – remains suspended forevermore in celestial wonderment.

Kilroy J. Oldster

Human beings have never agreed whether or not there is only one universal or sacred divine entity in a supposedly glorious and transcendent place.

Do not drown yourself into fantasy, whatever you can do, do it now, do not wait for tomorrow to come.

Kamaran Ihsan Salih

Isn't it strange how people are selective about the truth the want to see or hear?

E.A. Bucchianeri

A lot of things should have been, Zigmund, but they aren’t. Are you going to be miserable about the things you cannot change, or do something about the things you can?

Melika Dannese Lux

Never condemn yourself. Always affirm positive words into your life.

Lailah Gifty Akita

In books and movies, all the loose ends are tired, things are resolved, mysteries are solved, they catch the killer, the boy gets the girl, a sick baby is miraculously healed. In reality it doesn't always work that way. The killer gets away, the girl is in love with another boy, things just get buried under new dramas and don't get resolved. Life is far more complicated than the life depicted in a book or a movie.

In the game of life;Sometimes we win,Sometimes we loss,Either ways, we should always keep playing.

Lailah Gifty Akita

How we handle adversity determines the chances if we either fall or rise.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Lovers tend to be philosophical, achievers are practical.

Pragmatism is good prevention for problems.

It’s not really outstanding when you’re standing outOutcry is the only outburst,if you can’t shout

Life, wherever it leads,Will always be the same,It begs for the best of you.

You have to be enthusiastic enough to do what is required for achieving your dreams and goals.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Do all the work you while you still have strength.

Lailah Gifty Akita

The child-like, gum-chewing naïveté , the glamour rooted in despair, the self admiring carelessness, the perfected otherness, the wispiness, the shadowy, voyeuristic, vaguely sinister aura, the pale, soft-spoken magical presence, the skin and bones…

Enjoy this moment. The ultimate fulfilment of the dream will not come close to the dream. Enjoy it

Milk is the only juice in a world of cows.

You can be RELIGIOUS without being SPIRITUAL or You can be SPIRITUAL without being RELIGIOUS or Both It all depends on your Philosophy.

Constance Chuks Friday

The more you read the Bible, the more transform your life will be.

Lailah Gifty Akita

God is exist within us.

Lailah Gifty Akita

When you arrive at the destination, never forget where the journey began.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Three essential keys (FAITH, HOPE and LOVE) will open the Heavens door.

Lailah Gifty Akita

There is nothing so special or boring nor there are any weak or strong things in this world. It is we and our surficial perception that creates these types of environment

In every journey comes a moment... one like no other. And in that moment, you must decide between who you are... and who you want to be.

Sometimes the burden of love is heavier than a heavy heart

Despite its dark veins, the transparency of dragonfly’s wings assures me of a pure, innocent world

Because even if you spend your life chasing the immaterial, listening to the most exquisite classical music and getting drunk off of stunning vistas of mountains and waterfalls, all of it isn't worth a dime if you aren’t sharing it with someone. Everything amounts to that. True, we must experience most things in solitude to grow, create, destroy and grow again, but our pleasure and joy reaches a threshold in isolation. It is the worst thing to become an island. One must become the whole world.

I feel more human when I compare the cuteness of a lizard to a newborn child's sweetness. Both are God's creations filled with precious innocence

Last night, I spoke to God.I told Him my plans. He started to cry.I thought I was great to move The Greatest to tears.He said that He was crying only becausemy plans were very differentthan His plans for me.

Sharpen your life always; even though it will come to an end like a pencil, we have to keep on writing

I think, therefore I am?No, I simply am.I am. I am. I am.I will still be if I didn't think. In fact, it is only then that I would step into a different dimension of consciousness.Yes, I will still be if I didn't think. I will still be if I stopped breathing. I will still be because you still are. My words are written and you are receiving them. We are dancing. We are making love.And when you stop reading them, they will still be because nothing ever truly ceases to exist. There is not a thing that is not. Every thought, energy, and vibration is recycled. I am and I will continue to be because I manifest as the universe, therefore I will continue to manifest as the universe.

The greatest thinkers have attempted to find who we are where we come from and why we are here but the greatest enigmas to me are how your hair is a lasso that captures the stars how your eyes are lakes that drown my doubts and how your skin is the sun bursting all at once. If I knew these answers I’d know everything for you alone contain the entire universe.

They say that dreams are only real as long as they last. Couldn't you say the same thing about life?

Richard Linklater

The IGAD-Plus's compromise peace agreement is probably pregnant with a noisy, perhaps thunderous baby.

Imprisoned peace sets the war free

Wild animals are less wild and more human than many humans of this world

Life is one big gym where we need to constantly workout to stay fit for this world. And indeed love here is the treadmill.

We are philosophers of our timeFloating in the moon's evening glow

Richard L. Ratliff

Stop giving people the power to control your smile, your worth, your attitude and your day. Don’t give anyone that much power over your life.

There is more than one road to spiritual salvation. We discover a philosophical way of living by encountering the world, culling knowledge from all available resources, and thinking reverently about life.

Kilroy J. Oldster

Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.

El reproche y la culpa solo sirven para aprisionarnos y para no dejarnos avanzar.

They say the distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success, I believe you can say the same thing about the distance between good and evil.

We will therefore turn to the less ambitious question of what men themselves show by their behavior to be the purpose and intention of their lives. What do they demand of life and wish to achieve in it? The answer to this can hardly be in doubt. They strive for happiness; they want to become happy and to remain so. This endeavor has two sides, a positive and a negative aim. It aims, on the one hand, at an absence of pain and unpleasure, and, on the other, at the experiencing of strong feelings of pleasure. In its narrower sense the word 'happiness' only relates to the last. In conformity with this dichotomy in his aims, man's activity develops in two directions, according as it seeks to realize — in the main, or even exclusively — the one or the other of these aims.

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