Philosophy Quotes - A bird is safe in its nest
“Until
the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is
summed up in these two words,-Wait and hope.”
―
Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
“A
bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for.”
―
Amit Ray, World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird
“If
only it were possible to love without injury – fidelity isn’t enough: I had
been faithful to Anne and yet I had injured her. The hurt is in the act of
possession: we are too small in mind and body to possess another person without
pride or to be possessed without humiliation. In a way I was glad that my wife
had struck out at me again – I had forgotten her pain for too long, and this
was the only kind of recompense I could give her. Unfortunately the innocent
are always involved in any conflict. Always, everywhere, there is some voice
crying from a tower. ”
―
Graham Greene
“All
men by nature desire to know.”
―
Aristotle, Metaphysics
“Believe
me there is no such thing as great suffering, great regret, great
memory....everything is forgotten, even a great love. That's what's sad about
life, and also what's wonderful about it. There is only a way of looking at
things, a way that comes to you every once in a while. That's why it's good to
have had love in your life after all, to have had an unhappy passion- it gives
you an alibi for the vague despairs we all suffer from.”
―
Albert Camus, A Happy Death
“Don't
for heaven's sake, be afraid of talking nonsense! But you must pay attention to
your nonsense.”
―
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Culture and Value
“Stop
longing. You poison today’s ease, reaching always for tomorrow.”
―
Robin Hobb, Fool's Errand
“Each
star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you.”
―
Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life
Made Out of Poetry
“I
would prefer a sword to fight duel, but a pen to plan a war.”
―
Robert Thier, Storm and Silence
“Knowledge
subverts love: in proportion as we penetrate our secrets, we come to loathe our
kind, precisely because they resemble us.”
―
Emil Cioran
“Life
is not about living the safer option. Life is about living a life worth
living.”
―
Robert Thier, Storm and Silence
“Son,
never trust a man who doesn’t drink because he’s probably a self-righteous
sort, a man who thinks he knows right from wrong all the time. Some of them are
good men, but in the name of goodness, they cause most of the suffering in the
world. They’re the judges, the meddlers. And, son, never trust a man who drinks
but refuses to get drunk. They’re usually afraid of something deep down inside,
either that they’re a coward or a fool or mean and violent. You can’t trust a
man who’s afraid of himself. But sometimes, son, you can trust a man who
occasionally kneels before a toilet. The chances are that he is learning
something about humility and his natural human foolishness, about how to
survive himself. It’s damned hard for a man to take himself too seriously when
he’s heaving his guts into a dirty toilet bowl.”
―
James Crumley
“Do
not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.”
―
Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her
Own Making
“A
preoccupation with the next world clearly shows an inability to cope credibly
with this one.”
―
Richard K. Morgan, Broken Angels
“The
things you think about determine the quality of your mind.”
―
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
“All
great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to
inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.”
―
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Dance
like it hurts. Love like you need money. Work when people are watching. --
Dogbert's Motto”
―
Scott Adams
“Whether
a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and it has power," Tuek
said. "You might find the line between life and death among the Fremen to
be too sharp and quick.”
―
Frank Herbert, Dune
“In
the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are
few”
―
Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and
Practice
“If
all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the
contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one
person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.”
―
John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
