Philosophical quotes that inspire...

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

I do this one often, but others don’t take kindly to it none… 8-[

Very apt. for all those discussions on truth…

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

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

“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

[size=85]so that’s the way you flow? :stuck_out_tongue:
Muhammed Ali to me is a true hero.[/size]

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
:happy-cheerleadersmileygirl:

Lao Tsu

Confucius

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

“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

“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

:laughing: That’s actually quite profound when you think of it. I like that one.

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