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Life is such a journey on a sea of constant waves and splashing desires. ↗
#nadina-boun #quote #life
The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. ↗
Self-discipline is a form of freedom. Freedom from laziness and lethargy, freedom from expectations and demands of others, freedom from weakness and fear -- and doubt. ↗
Any effort that has self-glorification as its final destination is bound to end in disaster.When you try to climb a mountain to prove how big you are, you almost never make it. And even if you do,it's a hollow victory. In order to sustain the victory, you have to prove yourself again and again in some other way, and again and again and again, driven forever to fill a false image, haunted by the fear that the image is not true and someone will find out. That's never the way. ↗
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Latter-day capitalism. Like it or not, it's the society we live in. Even the standard of right and wrong has been subdivided, made sophisticated. Within good, there's fashionable good and unfashionable good, and ditto for bad. Within fashionable good, there's formal and then there's casual; there's hip, there's cool, there's trendy, there's snobbish. Mix 'n' match. Like pulling on a Missoni sweater over Trussardi slacks and Pollini shoes, you can now enjoy hybrid styles of morality. It's the way of the world -- philosophy starting to look more and more like business administration. ↗
Destiny had decreed that the Gauls were still to feel the true meaning of Roman valor, for when the raiders started on their mission Rome's lucky star led them to Ardea, where Camillus was living in exile, more grieved by the misfortunes of his country than by his own. Growing, as he felt, old and useless, filled with resentment against gods and men, he was asking in the bitterness of his heart where now were the men who had stormed Veii and Falerii - the men whose courage in every fight had been greater even than their success, when suddenly he heard the news that a Gallic army was near. The men of Ardea, he knew, were in anxious consultation, and it had not been his custom to assist at their deliberations; but now, like a man inspired, he burst into the Council chamber. ↗
#military-theory #political-philosophy #political-science #courage
Sitting outside on a dark night, under the stars, invites confidences amongst people of all ages, and all walks of life. It invokes an intimacy you don’t find under most other circumstances. ↗
#connectedness #connecting #connecting-with-people #philosophy-of-life #age
Professor: "You are a Christian aren't you son?" Einstein: (as a student) "Yes sir." "So you believe in God?" "Absolutely sir." "Is God good"? "Sure." "Is God all powerful?" "Yes." "My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to heal others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then?... You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?" "Yes." "Is satan good?" "No." "Where does satan come from?" "From God." "Yes." "Evil is everywhere isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?" "Yes." "So who created evil? ... Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All those terrible things exist in the world, don't they" "Yes sir." "So who created them?... Science says you have five senses. Senses you have to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me son, have you ever seen God?" "No sir." "Have you ever felt you God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?" "No sir, I'm afraid I haven't." "Yet you still believe in Him?" "Yes." "According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol,Science says your God doesn't exist. What do you say to that son?" "Nothing. I only have my faith." "Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has." Professor, is there such a thing as heat? "Yes." And is there such a thing as cold? "Yes." "No, sir. There isn't.... Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further than that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it. ... What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?" "What is night if there isn't darkness?" "You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality,darkness isn't. If it is, well you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you? So what is the point you are making, young man? Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed. Flawed? Can you explain how? Sir you are working on the premise on duality. You argue there is life and there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey? If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes of course I do. Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir? ... Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavour. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher? Is there anyone in this class who has ever seen the Professor's brain? Is there anyone who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it ?No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?" "I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son." "That is it sir...Exactly! The link between man and God is faith. This is all that keeps things alive and moving. ↗
#god #philosophy #science #death
