Life Philosophy Quotes

I don't run away from the idea of philosophy as seductive. I want the sentences to be prose but intense prose, to show that, like life, thinking is not linear.

Socrates was the first to call philosophy down from the heavens and to place it in cities, and even to introduce it into homes and compel it to inquire about life and standards and goods and evils.

Who needs the sun, when the rain is so full of life?

Hope does not leave without being given permission.

You love life because life's all there is.

There is only one way to achieve lasting happiness. That is simply: Be happy.

life ain't supposed to be nothing, 'cept maybe tough

Say something worthwhile and people will listen.

Every life has a destiny... the trick is to discover it before then end of your life. Otherwise, you will have too many regrets.

Make life easier by living in the present and believing in the future.

There's no backward and no forward, no day other than this. You fill your cart as you go, and that's that.

The world was floods above and fire below

It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important.

World is a divine play. At the beginning and at the end, we are the same.

You know how the tightrope guy at the circus wants everyone to believe his act is an art, but deep down you can see that he's really just hoping he makes it all the way across?

All paths are present, always... and we can but choose among them.

The outcome is not up to you. The outlook is.

You walk around feeling like a teenager and immortal your whole life, and suddenly there isn't much time left.

The past is an obdurate stranger that puts as many marks on us as we attempt to impose on it.

Water liked to be free. Given time, water could overcome any barrier, and it hated to be trapped, just like Percy.

You need to learn how to walk the world, he told me. There's a lot out there.

One has to manage alone as best one can. (Karin Bergman)

Life is a journey with almost limitless possibilities.

I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost.

Memories are what you no longer want to remember.

What can a soldier do when mercy is treason, and he is alone in it?

I wondered what things what things became when you no longer needed them, and I wondered what the future would hold once we'd gotten past our personal tragedies and proven them ultimately survivable.

That my philosophy of life is, as far as possible, one of enjoyment. I'm not nihilistic.

Out of the dragon's claws and into the fire, there's a moment in every man's life when he must decide what is wrong and what is right.

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.

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.

I saw that philosophy had no power to make my life more bearable. Thus I lost my belief in philosophy.

There might be a lot of physical chemistry within a couple, but without the compatibility of life philosophy and interests then the relationship will likely not be long-lasting.

Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way of life.

Will our Philosophy to later Life Seem but a crudeness of the planet's youth, Our Wisdom but a parasite of Truth?

I didn't understand how you could be an actor if you didn't also study philosophy and study political science, astronomy. And also just go out and live life and have experiences.

Philosophy is an act of living.

I have a philosophy, folks, and it's based on my own life. I'm using my own life experiences to philosophize about things in general. It has to do with desire.

Every religion, every philosophy, every individual outlook on life tells a story of reality.

I like to think that death gives life meaning. I like that philosophy.

Such philosophy as shall not vanish in the fume of subtile, sublime, or delectable speculation but shall be operative to the endowment and betterment of man's life.

Whether people know the evolution of the conversation or not, I don't know, but thematically, as a comedian, I stay in the same ballpark - around my issues and my philosophy of life.

He loves to hide, but only if you take the time to find him. And while I suspect that's true for most people, only a retard or a kid would admit it.

[L]ife is more than just steering a course around pain.

The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and another...

I give the truths of to-morrow.""I prefer the mistakes of today.

We must not be so ready to fancy ourselves intentionally injured... It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.

Man lives consciously for himself but unconsciously he serves as an instrument for the accomplishment of historical and social ends.

We have the St. Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.