#phil

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. ↗

— Unknown Philosopher

#inspirational #latin #philosophy #truth #wisdom

An intelligent person can rationalize anything, a wise person doesn't try. ↗

— Jen Knox

#jen-knox #philosphy #psychology #intelligence

I grabbed my book and opened it up. I wanted to smell it. Heck, I wanted to kiss it. Yes, kiss it. That's right, I am a book kisser. Maybe that's kind of perverted or maybe it's just romantic and highly intelligent. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#book #book-lovers #intelligent #kissing-and-books #romantic

People should decide on the books' meanings for themselves. They'll find a story that attacks such things as cruelty, oppression, intolerance, unkindness, narrow-mindedness, and celebrates love, kindness, open-mindedness, tolerance, curiosity, human intelligence. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#philosophy #sci-fi #intelligence

Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden. ↗

— Phaedrus

#wisdom #intelligence

Poets are the sense, philosophers­­ the intelligence­­ of humanity. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#poets #intelligence

The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see simple distinctions - simple once they are stated, vastly difficult before. If we are to follow them we too must be childishly simple in our questions - and maturely wise in our replies. ↗

— Mortimer J. Adler

#children #curiosity #knowledge #philosophers #philosophy

An intelligent man is one who acknowledges his intelligence as that of those who surround him. ↗

— Ilyas Kassam

#intelligence #kassam #noetics #philosophy #intelligence

The greatest mystery the universe offers is not life but Size. ↗

— Stephen King

#life

All actual life is encounter. ↗

— Martin Buber

#life