Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.

I kept returning to this new and bizarre question: is there anything that actually is as it seems? Is anything perceptually straightforward? Maybe that’s inherently impossible, because impressions are, by their very nature, cumulative –...

The wild worship of lawlessness and the materialist worship of law end in the same void. Nietzsche scales staggering mountains, but he turns up ultimately in Tibet. He sits down beside Tolstoy in the land...

Act according to your capacity.

And the more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of of that order was to give room for good things to run...

Peace is not the absence of warbut the presence of love and care

There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. – Mr. Knightley

Love with a peaceful mind and bring peace with the power of love.

you got a sad story, ruth,’ mimba said. ‘but not sad-sad. you here with me and cato and all us together now. you have a happy-sad story. best you can get in this life is...

All is flux

When your mind is tranquil, happy and peaceful, you will find peace everywhere.

And now we step to the rhythm of miracles.–from The Light, That Never Dies

The darkness behind my closed eyelids was like the cloud-covered sky, but the gray was somewhat deeper. Every few minutes, someone would come and paint over the gray with a different-textured gray – one with...

He stole glances at the heathen faces of Bodien and Gaylord, the suffering, yet oddly consoled, eyes and mouth of Basellecci, noting the brave enthusiasm of men who had never dreamed of anything very definite,...

People can think only in images. If you want to be a philosopher, write novels.

Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about.

To bring peace in this world, you have to be peaceful with yourself.

What’s in a view? A world, by any other, would remain just as it is, just as wonderful 🙂

Intellectual activity in a culture is not a one-way flow between the great minds and passive recipients; it is a discourse, a complex marketplace-like conglomeration of intellectual exchanges involving many participants all trying to manipulate...

Peace is in selfless caringPeace is in true understanding Peace is in undeserved kindnessPeace is in joyful forgiveness Peace is in innocent trustPeace is in becoming justPeace is in a dancing butterfly Peace is in...

Faith in faith’ he answered himself. ‘It isn’t necessary to have something to believe in. It’s only necessary to believe that somewhere there’s something worthy of belief.

…the only way to judge a philosophy is to examine the lives of those who live it.

If all of us make peace as a purpose of our life, how could there be war?

At night I would return home, set out a lamp before me, and devote myself to reading and writing. Whenever sleep overcame me or I became conscious of weakening, I would turn aside to drink...

Those who are wise won’t be busy, and those who are too busy can’t be wise.

I have a dream that one day this world will be very peaceful and people will fight, not with their weapons, but with their love.

Every time you spend money, you’re casting a vote for the kind of world you want.

Holy Scriptures; the precious promise of God.

I don’t want to go to heaven. I want to transform the earth to be heaven.

Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.

It is good for everyone to know how to forget.

When you enjoy the little beauties in and around you, it costs you nothing.

Whatever their future, at the dawn of their lives, men seek a noble vision of man’s nature and of life’s potential.

Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no...

Let us not talk about problems. Let us think and talk about solutions.

Whether you seek the prettiest rose despite the size of its thorns or praise a mediocre plant for the sake of its thorns, the plant’s beauty remains subjective.

. . . no good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art. . . . no great man ever stops...

Make every day a positive day. Make it joyful and beautiful in every way.

Commitment is a curse if it interferes with righteousness.

Some of the poetic writers who insert passages of realism in their texts have no underlying philosophy to uphold them, and revert to realism.

…only in the surrender of the light could the darkness prevail.

To the issues of friendship, love, business and war, “surprise” is the optimistic solution.

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Your courage comes from love.

Habits are good if you have the habit of the best.

Hold love like a butterfly, with gentle preservation. Hold life like the reigns of a wild stallion, with fierce assertion. Encompass that, and you find the nectar of the immortal spirit.

When you are in love, reality becomes illusion and illusion become reality.

That’s enough crying about the problems, let’s begin killing the problems.

Philosophy will clip an Angel’s wings,Conquer all mysteries by rule and line,Empty the haunted air, and gnomèd mine—Unweave a rainbow, as it erewhile madeThe tender-person’d Lamia melt into a shade

You love someone, not because of what they are, but because of how you feel about them.