#phil

there are very few who can think, but every man wants to have an opinion; and what remains but to take it ready-made from others, instead of forming opinions for himself? ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#art

The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#philosophy-of-life #freedom

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards. ↗

— Diogenes

#fewest #get #good #greatest #philosophers

Self-discipline is a form of freedom. Freedom from laziness and lethargy, freedom from expectations and demands of others, freedom from weakness and fear -- and doubt. ↗

— H. A. Dorfman

#life #philosophy #freedom

Any effort that has self-glorification as its final destination is bound to end in disaster.When you try to climb a mountain to prove how big you are, you almost never make it. And even if you do,it's a hollow victory. In order to sustain the victory, you have to prove yourself again and again in some other way, and again and again and again, driven forever to fill a false image, haunted by the fear that the image is not true and someone will find out. That's never the way. ↗

— Robert Pirsig

#art

The philistine provides the best definition of art. Anything that makes him rage is first class. ↗

— Louis Dudek

#art #best #class #definition #first

I love Philadelphia. I was shocked at what a great city this is. For me, it is the cat's pajamas. I love everything about it. I love where I live. I love the people. I have been met with such kindness and affection here. ↗

— George Dzundza

#affection #been #cat #city #everything

Possibility, infinity, beauty -- none of those words were right. [...] What he really wanted to say was: have you felt this? this phantom life streaking like a phosphorescent hound at the edges of your ruin? ↗

— Haven Kimmel

#beauty

The whole world is beautiful, Belgarion' Eriond assured him in response to that unspoken thought. 'You just have to know how to look at it ↗

— David Eddings

#life-philosophy #wisdom #beauty

Here is my final point. About drugs, about alcohol, about pornography and smoking and everything else. What business is it of yours what I do, read, buy, see, say, think, who I fuck, what I take into my body - as long as I do not harm another human being on this planet? ↗

— Bill Hicks

#comedy #humor #philosophy #business