#philosophic

Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country? Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this. Socrates: How so, Plato? Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is a sculptor. Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they have no need to be reminded. Plato: That is correct. Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#civil-liberty #free-country #freedom #freedom-of-thought #gadfly

Freedom is an absolute state, there is no such thing as being half-free. ↗

— Daniel Delgado F

#freedom #freedom-of-speech #freedom-of-thought #inspirational-quotes #philosophical

They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we declare Your praise and sanctify You? ↗

— Qur'an

#philosophical-musings #qur-an #religious #inspirational

No matter how far you have gone down the road its never too late to stop and reinvent yourself ↗

— rassool jibraeel snyman

#motivational #motivational-inspirational #motivational-quotes #philosophical #philosophical-musings

Within us all are sages, warriors and fools; we more often that not choose the fools ↗

— rassool jibraeel snyman

#motivational-inspirational #motivational-quotes #philosophical-musings #philosophy #philosophy-of-life

How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, the uncertainty of our existence and the countless enigmas which press upon us from all sides, everyone does not continually and ceaselessly philosophize, but that only the rarest of exceptions do. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#limitations #lucidity #philosophical #philosophy #life

That vice has often proved an emancipator of the mind, is one of the most humiliating, but, at the same time, one of the most unquestionable facts in history. ↗

— W.E.H. Lecky

#politics #wisdom #life

Quand le doigt montre le ciel, l’imbécile regarde le doigt. [When a finger is pointing up to the sky, only a fool looks at the finger.] ↗

— Jean-Pierre Jeunet

#fate #lovely #message #philosophical #philosophy

The deepest and darkest dungeons that we are ever flung into are the dungeons of the mind ↗

— rassool jibraeel snyman

#motivational #philosophical #philosophical-musings #philosophiy-of-life #philosophy

Frustration is having a debate with a blind man on shades of red ↗

— rassool jibraeel snyman

#motivational #philosophical #philosophical-reflection #philosophy #philosopical-musings