#phil

I know some who are constantly drunk on books as other men are drunk on whiskey. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#book-lovers #whiskey #men

Whatever one man does, it is as if all men did it. For that reason, it is not unfair that one disobedience in a garden should contaminate all humanity; for that reason it is not unjust that the crucifixion of a single Jew should be sufficient to save it. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#philosophy #men

The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is. ↗

— St. Thomas Aquinas

#philosophy #men

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#philosophy #art

If there were no thunder, men would have liitle fear of lightning. ↗

— Jules Verne

#men

It is remarkable how long men will believe in the bottomlessness of a pond without taking the trouble to sound it. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#men

Men have such a good opinion of themselves, of their mental superiority and intellectual depth; they believe themselves so skilled in discerning the true from the false, the path of safety from those of error, that they should be forbidden as much as possible the perusal of philosophic writings. ↗

— Al-Ghazali

#men

Awe is what moves us forward. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#mythology #philosophy #spirituality #art

Is beauty enhanced or adulterated by utility? ↗

— Sena Jeter Naslund

#philosophy #beauty

In marriage you are not sacrificing yourself to the other person. You are sacrificing yourself to the relationship. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#mythology #philosophy #spirituality #art