Philosophical quotes that inspire...

[MagsJ]

Preferring to read thought-provoking/inspiring quotes from the greats from our history books rather than reading books on the greats themselves.. I now declare this thread open.

[MagsJ]

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."
~Marcus Aurelius

[James S Saint]

Interesting.

That which inspires one may very well depress another.
And that which depresses one may very well inspire another.
So accept the good and let the bad be good elsewhere.
- James S Saint.

[James S Saint]

To some people, within every older woman, there is a most charming young woman
..hiding right behind those eyes
..just behind that attitude
..shortly before those experiences
..not seriously believing those thoughts,
thinking that she is hopelessly hidden from view.

And with all of God's creations in mind, there has never been anything more cherishable than that charming young girl, still there, still doubting yet still subtly hoping, still as real as the day she was born.

[Arcturus Descending]

If knowing is to be possible as a way of determining the nature of the present-at-hand by observing it, then there must first be a deficiency in our having-to-do with the world concernfully. When concern holds back from any kind of producing, manipulating and the like, it puts itself into what is now the sole remaining mode of Being-in, the mode of just tarrying-alongside. In this kind of 'dwelling' as a holding-oneself-back from any manipulation or utilization, the perception of the present-at-hand is consummated.”
― Martin Heidegger

[MagsJ]

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
~Marcus Aurelius

[MagsJ]

"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."
-Albert Einstein

[MagsJ]

"Sincerity has to do with the connexion between our words and thoughts, and not between our beliefs and actions."
~Hazlitt

[MagsJ]

“The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts.”
~Marcus Aurelius

[MagsJ]

I do this one often, but others don't take kindly to it none..

“Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.”
~Ludwig Wittgenstein

[MagsJ]

Very apt. for all those discussions on truth...

“I don't think there is any truth. There are only points of view. ”
~Allen Ginsberg

[MagsJ]

I've been saying this since I was a younger, but replace soul with ego for my version...

“I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.”
~Booker T. Washington

[Arcturus Descending]

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
Francis Bacon
shivers...

[von Rivers]

"My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I am ferocious. I want his heart. I want to eat his children."

----Mike Tyson, before fighting Evander Hollifield, I think

[Arcturus Descending]

"My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I am ferocious. I want his heart. I want to eat his children."

----Mike Tyson, before fighting Evander Hollifield, I think

so that's the way you flow?
Muhammed Ali to me is a true hero.

[Arcturus Descending]

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.”
― Muhammad Ali
The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey

[MagsJ]

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. - Marcus Aurelius

[peterpan]

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know

Lao Tsu

[peterpan]

When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.

Confucius

[The Idiot]

"Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do" - Jesus of Nazareth

[FreeSpirit99]

"What is good? Everything that heightens the feeling of power in man...the will to power, power itself. What is bad? Everything that is born of sickness."
-Nietzsche

[FreeSpirit99]

"Don't fear god,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get, and
What is terrible is easy to endure."

-Epicurus

[Arcturus Descending]

I do this one often, but others don't take kindly to it none..

“Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.”
~Ludwig Wittgenstein

That's actually quite profound when you think of it. I like that one.

[turtle]

"My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I am ferocious. I want his heart. I want to eat his children."

----Mike Tyson, before fighting Evander Hollifield, I think

riv-----where the hell are you coming from

[FreeSpirit99]

"On this perfect day, when everything is ripening and not only the grape turns brown, the eye of the sun just fell upon my life: I looked back, I looked forward, and never saw so many and such good things at once. It was not for nothing that I buried my forty-fourth year today; I had the right to bury it; whatever was life in it has been saved, is immortal. The first book of the Revaluation of All Values, the Songs of Zarathustra, the Twilight of the Idols, my attempt to philosophize with a hammer—all presents of this year, indeed of its last quarter! How could I fail to be grateful to my whole life?—and so I tell my life to myself."

-Nietzsche