Quotes About Philosophy

Oppenheimer quite naturally found it comforting to be told by Bohr that the contradictions in life were nevertheless all of a piece—and therefore complementary.

Once again, Bohr was God and Oppie was his prophet.

The reason why a bad philosophy leads to such hell is that it is what you think and want and treasure and foster in times of preparation that determine what you do in the pinch, and that it takes an error to father a sin.

Man is a creature whose substance is faith. What his faith is, he is.

Behauptet das nicht jeder von sich, der Bomben zündet und Leute umbringt? Dass es gute Gründe dafür gibt? Dass es nur die Schuldigen trifft? Was soll das überhaupt heißen, schuldig und unschuldig?

Nichts ist so vergänglich wie ein Gedanke.

Müssten wir dann nicht alle an unserer Existenz zweifeln?

Great kings and queens know to learn from those who had have great personal success in the area they taught. If you want to learn about science, you learn from a scientist. If you want to learn astronomy, you learn from an astronomer. If you want to learn how to have a great marriage, listen to the advice of those who have one. That's the secret to a long lasting happy marriage! - STRONG: Powerful Philosophy for Timeless Thoughts by Kailin Gow

Love is the Yen to Hate. Hate is the Yang to Love. The first nurtures and is good for your overall being while the latter destroys not only you, but everyone and everything else around you. - STRONG: Powerful Philosophy for Timeless Thoughts by Kailin Gow

Do not confuse manners for kindness. - STRONG: Powerful Philosophy for Timeless Thoughts.

All I can say is...God is Great! And All Beliefs that Teach People to Be Good and Decent to Each Other. "- Strong: Philosophies by Kailin Gow

Some days, theory is all that we have," I say. "It's better than having nothing at all.", FADE by Kailin Gow

Animals have no rights

For Teaism is the art of concealing beauty that you may discover it, of suggesting what you dare not reveal. It is the noble secret of laughing at yourself, calmly yet thoroughly, and is thus humour itself,--the smile of philosophy.

Perhaps we reveal ourselves too much in small things because we have so little of the great to conceal. The tiny incidents of daily routine are as much a commentary of racial ideals as the highest flight of philosophy or poetry.

Sakyamuni, Confucius, and Laotse once stood before a jar of vinegar--the emblem of life--and each dipped in his finger to taste the brew. The matter-of-fact Confucius found it sour, the Buddha called it bitter, and Laotse pronounced it sweet.

Welcome to thee, O sword of eternity! Through Buddha And through Daruma alike Thou hast cleft thy way.

Si l'on considère la petitesse dévolue à la coupe du bonheur humain, la promptitude avec laquelle elle déborde de larmes, la facilité avec laquelle nous la vidons jusqu'à la lie dans notre soif inapaisable d'infini, qui pourrait bien nous reprocher de faire si grand cas d'une simple tasse de thé ?

This Laotse illustrates by his favourite metaphor of the Vacuum. He claimed that only in vacuum lay the truly essential. The reality of a room, for instance, was to be found in the vacant space enclosed by the roof and walls, not in the roof and walls themselves. The usefulness of a water pitcher dwelt in the emptiness where water might be put, not in the form of the pitcher or the material of which it was made.

En percevant l'usage subtil de l'inutile, il est entré dans le royaume de l'art.

Uno straniero si meraviglierà certamente che si faccia tanto rumore per nulla. "Che tempesta in una tazza di tè!" esclamerà meravigliato. Ma se consideriamo quanto sia piccola, in ultima analisi, la coppa della gioia umana, come fa presto a riempirsi di lacrime, come si vuoti facilmente per la nostra inestinguibile sete di infinito, non ci si dovrà stupire dell'importanza che diamo a una tazza di tè.

the Taoist Absolute was the Relative.

In ethics the Taoist railed at the laws and the moral codes of society, for to them right and wrong were but relative terms.

It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life.