#phil

It is quite futile to argue that man is small compared to the cosmos; for man was always small compared to the nearest tree. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#philosophy-of-life #science #life

I don't know why they call it life, it's just a moment with memories. ↗

— Tibor Fischer

#memories #philosophy #the-thought-gang #tibor-fischer #life

our religion is what you do when the sermon is over. Commit yourself to constant improvement. Commit yourself to quality. Be persistent, persistent, persistent...and have a grateful heart ↗

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

#life

When we take away from a man his traditional way of life, his customs, hi religion, we had better make certain to replace it with SOMETHING OF VALUE ↗

— Robert Ruark

#life

What was it Danilov told me before I left? Something about how one day I would stand at a crossroads where I could choose the Light, which illuminated the sky with its warmth and golden glow - or the Darkness, which at first seemed soothing and inviting, but which would consume me in its flames. But do I have to wait for that crossroads? Isn't it present at every moment of my life? ↗

— Peter H. Fogtdal

#life

The life of Islamic philosophy did not terminate with Ibn Rushd nearly eight hundred years ago, as thought by Western scholarship for several centuries. Rather, its activities continued strongly during the later centuries, particularly in Persia and other eastern lands of Islam, and it was revived in Egypt during the last century. ↗

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

#islamic #persia #philosophy #life

Une lutte qui semble perdue, est la plus excitante. ↗

— Jacques Tardi

#french #interesting #life #life-lesson #life-lessons

The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#jimi-hendrix #love #mahatma-gandhi #peace #philosophy

She threw up her hands. "All right. Why not?" Why not?" Sure." His arms fell to his sides. "That's it? I pour my heart out. I love you so much I've got freakin' tears in my eyes. And all I get in return is 'Why not'?" What did you expect? Am I supposed to fall all over you just because you've finally come to your senses?" Would it be too much to ask?"...He'd begun to glare at her again, his eyes growing stormier by the minute."When do you think you might be ready? To fall all over me, that is. ↗

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#contemporary #romance #sep #susan-elizabeth-phillips #love

Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is. ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#philosophy #physics #priorities #love