#philosophical

Too much faith is the worst ally. When you believe in something literally, through your faith you'll turn it into something absurd. One who is a genuine adherent, if you like, of some political outlook, never takes its sophistries seriously, but only its practical aims, which are concealed beneath these sophistries. Political rhetoric and sophistries do not exist, after all, in order that they be believed; rather, they have to serve as a common and agreed upon alibi. Foolish people who take them in earnest sooner or later discover inconsistencies in them, begin to protest, and finish finally and infamously as heretics and apostates. No, too much faith never brings anything good... ↗

— Milan Kundera

#dogma #faith #history #machiavellian #moderation

Heated is what you get when you rub faith and instinct together. ↗

— Cornelia "Connie D." DeDona

#faith

When the white man turns tyrant, it is his own freedom that he destroys ↗

— George Orwell

#inspirational #philosophical #freedom

Am Anfang war Gott? It may have been true, but it was not germane. ↗

— Stephen Craig

#funny #god #philosophical #funny

When there's a monster under your bed sometimes it really is best not to look. ↗

— Jocelynn Drake

#asylum-tales #humor #ignorance #philosophical #thoughts

What the hell is instant? Nothing is instant. Instant rice takes five minutes, instant pudding in an hour. ↗

— John Green

#philosophical #realization #humor

It is not what we know that scares us, it is what we do not ↗

— A.G. Phillips

#inspirational #philosophical-reflection #scared #inspirational

Without a whole lot of pressure, a diamond is just a piece of coal. ↗

— Miriam Darnell

#philosophical #inspirational

With domineering hand she moves the turning wheel, Like currents in a treacherous bay swept to and fro: Her ruthless will has just deposed once fearful kings While trustless still, from low she lifts a conquered head; No cries of misery she hears, no tears she heeds, But steely hearted laughs at groans her deeds have wrung. Such is a game she plays, and so she tests her strength; Of mighty power she makes parade when one short hour Sees happiness from utter desolation grow. (A Consolation of Philosophy, Book II, translated by V.E. Watts) ↗

— Boethius - Queen Elizabeth I translation

#metaphorical #philosophical #inspirational

That mortal is a fool who, prospering, thinks his life has any strong foundation; since our fortune's course of action is the reeling way a madman takes, and no one person is ever happy all the time. ↗

— Euripides

#poetry #life