Quotes About Philosophy

My thinking is very flexible, and I hope that it will remain flexible and creative as long as biology permits me to think and that I will remain a rebel all my life.

Because a human is a someone and not a something, the source of human life must also be a Someone - not the blind, automatic forces of nature, as philosophies like naturalism and materialism tell us.

The life of Gautama Buddha illustrates the power of service, compassion and, most importantly, renunciation. He was convinced that material wealth is not the sole goal.

If I look at the definition of Hinduism, the Supreme Court of India has given a beautiful definition; it says that Hinduism is not a religion, it is actually a way of life.

How would you feel about life if Death was your older sister?

Truly life is wasted on the living.

Buddhism is in your heart. Even if you don't have any temple or any monks, you can still be a Buddhist in your heart and life.

The general rule is that my life is focused on the present, and very little on the past. If anything, I'm a little bit more focused toward the future.

The question any novel is really trying to answer is, Is life worth living?

I'm curious how people build up the codes that they live their life by, and how they come to think that that's the best way for them to function.

Is one human? Or merely alive? Like a blade of grass equal to all existance in the moment it is torn? Yes. If pain is fundament, then a blade of grass can know all there is.

Humane science must be adapted to the requirements of a balanced and rewarding life.

My philosophy, don't let cancer ruin your life. You get up every day and use what you have and what time you have left.

He remembers the five rules of combat set down by Chuan Tzu - faith, companions, time, space and strategy.

The Warrior listens to the words of certain thinkers.

Comparing objects like cars, houses, clothes, and defining life according to those comparisons, instead of trying to discover the real reason for being alive.

According to the Buddhist belief, you can go on and on indefinitely, so you see your life as just a brief moment in time.

Christians claim that life has no meaning if you stop pretending to know things you don't know, though they phrase it more tersely as life has no meaning without faith.

I believe that intelligence and rationality will always be primary no matter what shape sentient creatures take. To not think that would be to doubt the value of life itself.

In our universal experience unintelligent material processes do not create life

I believe in life after death.

It would be hard to say that exactly, but antinatalism is a reality in my life, not just an interesting idea. I can feel it in the chilled and weary marrow of my bones.

Life is like a box of terrible analogies.

We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.