Quotes About Philosophy

Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.

God did not create evil. Just as darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of God.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

A materialistic person is ruthless with other people but kind to himself. A spiritual person is ruthless with himself but kind to everybody else.

A house is not a machine to live in. It is the shell of man, his extension, his release, his spiritual emanation.

It is only when we realize that life is taking us nowhere that it begins to have meaning.

I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.

There are scientists who will tell you that spirit, because it can't be measured, doesn't exist. Bollocks. It does exist.

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

India is the mother of religion. In her are combined science and religion in perfect harmony, and that is the Hindu religion, and it is India that shall be again the spiritual mother of the world.

The sense of spiritual relief which comes from rejecting the idea of God as a supernatural being is enormous.

True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.

The Gita is like a bouquet composed of the beautiful flowers of spiritual truths collected from the Upanishads.

It is this spiritual freedom - which cannot be taken away - that makes life meaningful and purposeful.

Maybe I'm being philosophical and spiritual, but I believe that if you put negative energy out there that that is what will come back.

Have a spiritual basis which guides you in life. Have a philosophy of life to live by.

Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

Spirituality is indeed the master-key of the Indian mind; the sense of the infinitive is native to it.

The environmental crisis has deep spiritual, philosophical, and religious roots and causes. It is not merely the result of bad engineering.

Why indeed must 'God' be a noun? Why not a verb - the most active and dynamic of all.

What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the World.

The twenty-first century will be spiritual or it will not be.