Philosophy Quotes - Page 2

The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death.

If you're gonna burn a bridge behind you, make sure you've crossed it first.

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating empathy can we truly grow as people.

No lake so still but it has its wave.
No circle so perfect but that it has its blur.
I would change things for you if I could; As I can't you must take them as they are.

We feel that even if all possible scientific questions be answered, the problems of life have still not been touched at all.

A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.

For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.

Whether a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and has powers of reality.

A bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for.

To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

The love of money is the root of all evil, therefore selfishness must be the seed.

YOU are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf,
I am the smaller one on its upper side,'
said the dewdrop to the lake.

Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods.

You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.

You are a wonderful creation. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

A truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent.

Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you.

Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.

We never realize just how many other lives we can help when their paths cross our own.