#phil

It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster. ↗

— Voltaire

#belief #monster #opinion #philosophy #belief

Every way of life produces its own environment and in turn is influenced by that environment. ↗

— Hugh Nibley

#life

If you are on the right path, it will always be uphill. ↗

— Henry B. Eyring

#life

In any given culture and at any given moment, there is always only one 'episteme' that defines the conditions of possibility of all knowledge, whether expressed in theory or silently invested in a practice. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#life

I will help--but only so much, only so far. It is not that I believe these children are less than my own. It is not that I believe I do not have a responsibility for them. It is just that in a world of haves and have-nots, I do not want to give up too much of what I have. I do not want to diminish the complexity and diversity of my life. Instead, I will choose to spend another seventy-five dollars on myself rather than send another child to school, and I will choose to do this over and over again. I no longer think of myself as a good person. I have adjusted to that. ↗

— Sharman Apt Russell

#life

Io avevo bisogno di ammirare innanzi di amare. ↗

— Sibilla Aleramo

#philosophy-of-life #life

For axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon our pulses. ↗

— John Keats

#real-life #life

How keen everyone is to make this world their home forgetting its impermanence It's like trying to see and name constellations in a fireworks display. ↗

— Nadeem Aslam

#literature #philosophy #home

Life is an essay you yourself have to write, start to finish. ↗

— Mo

#life

Fiction gives us a reach into the lives of individuals that would otherwise be but a closed door. If we are gifted with a desire to tell tales, then we should tell them . . . if only to reach but a few. ↗

— James D. Maxon

#reaching-people #tales #writing-from-the-heart #writing-life #writing-philosophy