It Philosophy Quotes

The following sentiments are illustrative of the philosophy of the Talmud: "Love peace and pursue it at any cost."

We thought philosophy ought to be patient and unravel people's mental blocks. Trouble with doing that is, once you've unravelled them, their heads fall off.

Reason, it is true, is DICTATOR in the Society of Mankind; from her there ought to lie no Appeal; But here we want a Pope in our Philosophy, to be the infallible Judge of what is or is not Reason.

My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's going to be really, really hard. I'm glad I learned the lesson, 'Failure is OK.

Looking back, I should have pursued philosophy and economics and things of that sort in college more, but I didn't.

Doing something stupid once is just plain stupid. Doing something stupid twice is a philosophy.

The great German idealists from Kant to Hegel saw this idealism or nihilism as a reductio ad absurdum of any philosophy, and so they struggled by all conceptual means to avoid it.

That Hegel is a metaphysician, and that he thinks metaphysics is fundamental to philosophy, is plain enough from his definition of philosophy.

In meditation all the fake dull thoughts that you think, all the ridiculous philosophies, the necessities, all the things that won't matter a bit when you are dead - fade away.

According to Zen philosophy each human being has two minds, a finite mind and an infinite mind.

The Bible, of course, is not a theology book. It is certainly not a philosophy book. So we have to derive the meaning of terms from the context in use.

We think of history as another specialization, like philosophy of language, rather than as something that informs everything we do and think.

Naturally, the Zen Master Rama philosophy is to have a high state of awareness and material success.

My teaching - of what is perceived to be a complex and foreign sounding religious philosophy - has become the target for people's prejudice and religious intolerance.

It is one thing to teach a dynamic Oriental philosophy and religious code; it is quite another to put such a discipline to the test by successfully living it in the face of ridicule.

The Buddha taught three cycles of teachings. His first cycle of teachings cover the basics, the prerequisites. This would include the Dharmapada.

His second cycle of teachings discusses the cosmology of the universes. But in his later years, he wrote the tantric texts.

In a political context of the utmost significance, ["freedom from fear"] recognizes a human right which, in a broad sense, may be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

The tantras are ancient sacred books of India and Tibet. The tantras detail specific means for attaining liberation.

Tantric Buddhism means that we become mature adults and we learn the reality of chaos theory.

The human mind and the entire life process is chaotic. Chaos is not something that lacks order; chaos has varieties of order within it.

As a writer of philosophy, it's good to ask oneself, 'Will I still believe this a week from now, or months, or even years?'

Philosophy is fundamentally about how you come to terms with living your life and trying to do it in a wise manner, and, for me, that means decently and compassionately and courageously and so forth.

Everything is subtle. Everything has a million sides. Everything is a manifestation of god. Everything is light. All beings are infinite. All things are perfect, in their own way.

I'm actually with the classics in general in terms of understanding truth in an existential mode. Therefore, philosophy becomes more a way of life as opposed to simply a mode of discourse.

I believe philosophy must go to school with the poets; it's not either/or, it's not over or against.

Everything aids everything, because all things are a reflection of the Buddha mind, of the mind of Enlightenment.

In Tantric Buddhism we call the inherent knowledge that all animate and inanimate objects possess of themselves - their emptiness.

Our failure to see and access the pure joy and radiance of life is owning to a lack of awareness. In any situation there is beauty. Even at the moment of one's death there is beauty.

If Martin [Luther King, Jr.]'s philosophy had been embraced and lived out in Iraq and other places, we wouldn't have bin Ladens.

If we are in a high enough state of consciousness we see that life is only a passing dream.

People who are capable of practicing tantra are individuals who have meditated for many, many years and developed very strong and powerful states of attention.

Some people go into tantra with the idea, sort of an intellectual approach, that now they can just do everything and stay high. That doesn't work at all.

Sexuality, for the person who practices tantra, is a marvelous way to experience illusion. Illusion is just another way of seeing things. There are no illusions because there is no self.

Tantra is not for a hedonist at all. It won't work. If you're heavily attracted to sensual experiences, tantra will definitely not be of any use to you.

Everyone should have a philosophy for living better.

The emphasis is on meditation in Tantric Zen. The experience of meditation in formal practice, zazen, where you're sitting down and meditating and concentrating.

A critical part of Tantric Buddhism is a process of turning of the activities and experiences in your daily life into meditation.

[FBI] philosophy is "Go ahead and make the story you want to make, and hopefully we'll love it." So that's that.

Tantra has to do with the reconciliation of opposites. All the yogas recommend that you avoid certain experiences. In tantra there is no avoidance.

When you adopt a tool you adopt the management philosophy embedded in that tool.

Every kiss is a kiss you can never get back.

In this world we see the pairs of opposites. Ultimately there are no oppositions. In the superconscious awareness there is no division.

Avoidance of experiences is a fixation and it binds you to the world, it binds you to the personal self.

It doesn't really matter what you do. It is your state of mind that matters.

Science fiction tends to be philosophy for stupid people.

Any avenue that you follow leads to light. All roads lead to Rome.

Advanced yoga is not withdrawal from the world. That's a preliminary state.

The government favors the most diplomatic language. That's why any letter to them should always start with, "Dear turkeys and foul maggots..."

We are brought into this world cold, weak, and helpless. Then it gets worse.