#phil

A house is a compressed territory where our basic needs can be fulfilled close by and safely. ↗

— Yann Martel

#life-of-pi #philosophy-of-life #life

Creation and destruction are the two ends of the same moment. And everything between the creation and the next destruction is the journey of life. ↗

— Amish Tripathi

#philosophy #life

Alas, Siddhartha, I see you suffering, but you're suffering a pain at which one would like to laugh, at which you'll soon laugh for yourself. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#life

perception shapes priorities, priorities shape people ↗

— Ben Thompson

#life

Nothing will be resolved here. Nothing is ever resolved without war. It is the way of the universe. ↗

— Marianne Curley

#life

There is a truth in Schopenhauer’s view that philosophy is an organism, and that a book on philosophy, with a beginning and end, is a sort of contradiction. ... In philosophy matters are not simple enough for us to say ‘Let’s get a rough idea’, for we do not know the country except by knowing the connections between the roads. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#philosophy #life

You can't just skip the boring parts." "Of course I can skip the boring parts." "How do you know they're boring if you don't read them?" "I can tell." "Then you can't say you've read the whole play." "I think I can live a happy life, Meryl Lee, even if I don't read the boring parts of The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark." "Who knows?" she said. "Maybe you can't. ↗

— Gary D. Schmidt

#life #philosophy #reading #shakespeare #life

The life we’re given is on a thread, so wear it well. ↗

— Benny Bellamacina

#life #philosophical #poetry #poets #wisdom

Philosophizing: a term defined by logicians to denigrate lyric thinkers. ↗

— Benson Bruno

#humor #logic #philosophy #funny

You always look on the dark side of life. I believe in capturing the moment...Joy is so fleeting. You never know when it might be snatched away. ↗

— Susan Wiggs

#optimism #philosophical #life