Philosophical Quotes

Philosophical Quote of the day

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking other people to live as one wishes to live.

Science tells us what we can know, but what we can know is little, and if we forget how much we cannot know, we become insensitive to many things of great importance.

To enjoy a thing exclusively is commonly to exlcude yourself from the true enjoyment of it.

The Universe Conspires....to get what you truly desire

Night sometimes lends such tragic assistance to catastrophe.

In reality, there are as many religions as there are individuals.

I am smart because I know I nothing.

All roads lead to Trantor, and that is where all stars end.

The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.

I charge thee, fling away ambition. By that sin fell the angels.

Every bird that flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw.

Learn to recognize omens, and follow them

The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.

We Are The Sum Total Of Our Choices...

Always be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle.

He who is concerned only with the purity of his own life ruins the great human relations.

When the white man turns tyrant, it is his own freedom that he destroys.

What we like to think of ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common....

Just to say 'I believe' or 'I do not doubt' does not mean that you understand and see. To force oneself to see and accept a thing without understanding is political and not spiritual or intellectual.

Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Is Life itself a dream, I wonder?

Hunger is a wayOf standing outside windowsThe entering takes away.

Make thought a whirlwind.

Eventlessness has no post to drape duration on.

Truly, the old maid is a most useful person, one of the reserve forces of the community. They talk of the superfluous woman, but what would the poor superfluous man do without her kindly presence?

I know that I know nothing

Foul cankering rust the hidden treasure frets, but gold that's put to use more gold begets.

philosophy is not suited for the masses, what they need is holiness.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on... The loves and sorrows that are great are destroyed by their own plentitude.

The same way a compact disk isn't responsible for what's recorded on it, that's how we are. You're about as free to act as a programmed computer. You're about as one-of-a-kind as a dollar bill

Guys, close your eyes.Imagine you have a daughter. Imagine she is dating a guy like you. Did you smile? No?Then change.

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

The hardest thing in the world is to let go of who you once thought you were and to manifest your true self, at the risk of being unloved. This is self-actualization.

Little people make tall claims. As being this-that avatar or messiah. Some even say they're God. Well, if they are, I'm their grand-pop.

The life we’re given is on a thread, so wear it well.

Is there any life without any difficulty?

Even the Master, in one way or another, is a student throughout life.

The older we get, the more we become ourselves.

Life itself is a chance.

Sometimes we choose the road we follow.And sometimes the road chooses us.

I'm joking when I say I'm the grand-pop of those claiming to be an avatar-messiah or god. But if they're serious, then, I am who I am.

The incarnation is not a soul into a body, it is an illusory world known as a life into consciousness.

My metaphysical thinking is more in alignment with Plato rather than Aristotle's." ~R. Alan Woods [2013]

Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.

Good man and bad man with money goes a long ways." ~ Amunhotep El Bey

Life is like a double-blind experiment. And the Observer is the only One in on the Know.

Not every leader is a philosopher, but each leader should cultivate a philosophical mindset.

Terrible times breed terrible things, my lord.

Youthful strength is a great blessing.