#philosophy

Among peoples who possess a highly developed pugnacious instinct we find the greatest progress in the arts, sciences, social and political organization, commerce and industry. The instinct takes the milder form of rivalry which is the motive force of the great portion of the serious labors of mankind. ↗

— Holly Estil Cunningham

#instinct #philosophy #psychology #violence #art

When our eyes are graced with wonder, the world reveals its wonders to us. There are people who see only dullness in the world and that is because their eyes have already been dulled. So much depends on how we look at things. The quality of our looking determines what we come to see. ↗

— John O'Donohue

#religion #spirituality #beauty

It’s ever been the way of the man of science or philosophy. Most folks stay in the dark and then complain they can’t see nothing.” – Snipes (185) ↗

— Ron Rash

#enlightenment #ignorance #philosophy #science #sight

The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning. ↗

— John Dewey

#learning #philosophy #teaching #attitude

We usually live our lives with the belief that "I sacrifice myself for everyone else," rather than thinking that "everyone else helps me. ↗

— Jae Woong Kim

#life #philosophy #selfishness #attitude

Realize that "I Can't" usually means "I won't"! ↗

— Tae Yun Kim

#famous-quotes #inspirational-quotes #philosophy #positive-attitude #attitude

If you have reasons to love someone, you don’t love them. ↗

— Slavoj Žižek

#philosophy #love

Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life. ↗

— Kakuzō Okakura

#tea #teaism #beauty

We are the inheritors of a wonderful world, a beautiful world, full of life and mystery, goodness and pain. But likewise are we the children of an indifferent universe. We break our own hearts imposing our moral order on what is, by nature, a wide web of chaos. ↗

— Colin Meloy

#mystery #philosophy #beauty

To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#change