#rational

Does there exist an Infinity outside ourselves? Is that infinity One, immanent and permanent, necessarily having substance, since He is infinite and if He lacked matter He would be limited, necessarily possessing intelligence since He is infinite and, lacking intelligence, He would be in that sense finite. Does this Infinity inspire in us the idea of essense, while to ourselves we can only attribute the idea of existence? In order words, is He not the whole of which we are but the part? ↗

— Victor Hugo

#infinity #spirituality #inspirational

You seem so clear about who you are. So certain that you are just right as you are, that for all your intelligence and maybe in spite of it, you never seem to need a second opinion. ↗

— Alice Walker

#inspirational

No one of real intelligence will accept anything just because some authority declares it be so. Don't accept the truth of anything you have not confirmed for yourself. ↗

— Paul Hoffmann

#inspirational

It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much, the wheel, New York, wars and so on - whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons… ↗

— Douglas Adams

#wisdom #inspirational

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. ↗

— Max Ehrmann

#philosophical #inspirational

Instead of focusing on how much you can accomplish, focus on how much you can absolutely love what you’re doing. ↗

— Leo Babauta

#inspiration #life #inspirational

A leader is a person who is willing to stand in their truth take risks and be willing to fall on their face and get back up because of what they believe in. ↗

— Patricia Walden

#inspirational

Women are not second-class citizens in the kingdom of God, You are 50% of the worlds population, and the mothers of the other 50%. No one can dismiss you lightly. ↗

— Gordon Hinckley

#inspirational

Classically, there are three ways in which humans try to find transcendence--religious meaning--apart from God as revealed through the cross of Jesus: through the ecstasy of alcohol and drugs, through the ecstasy of recreational sex, through the ecstasy of crowds. Church leaders frequently warn against the drugs and the sex, but at least, in America, almost never against the crowds. ↗

— Eugene H. Peterson

#inspirational

You can, of course, write to inspire others… but most importantly, you must write to inspire yourself. ↗

— Jessica Swan

#inspirational