#phil

No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#life #people #philosophy #unhappiness #change

There is only one religion - it is a way a man dies. ↗

— James Runcie

#philosophy #religion #death

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways: the point, however, is to change it. ↗

— Karl Marx

#change #ideology #philosophy #resistance #struggle

Not telling is just as interesting as telling I have found. Why speech, that short verbal journey from inside to outside can be excrutiating under certain circumstances is fascinating. ↗

— Siri Hustvedt

#speech #thought #words #men

The first duty of a man is to think for himself ↗

— José Martí

#democracy #freedom #history #hope #individualism

The pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Parmenides taught that the only things that are real are things which never change... and the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus taught that everything changes. If you superimpose their two views, you get this result: Nothing is real. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#nihilism #philosophy #post-modernism #reality #truth

Love is as we will it to be." ~ Amunhotep El Bey ↗

— Amunhotep El Bey

#funny #humorous-quotations #inspirational-quotations #lol #motivational-quotations

He who coordinates his thoughts with his actions controls his own destiny.” ~ Amunhotep El Bey ↗

— Amunhotep El Bey

#inspire #motivate #motivational-quotations #philosophical-quotations #death

Ethics is a dream. ↗

— Charles Baxter

#morality #philosophy #dreams

If you miss your bus, just start walking. ↗