Philosophical Quotes to Live By - Part II

Bruno · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:52 pm Post subject:

"We believe in the possibility of unpacking the catupiry until we hit the cheese." —Ana Bruner (my former Philosophy teacher), in one of her most brilliant metephors.

Now, seriously:

"A spirited proverb doesn't prove anything." —Voltaire

(That should be the epigraph of this thread.)

Shaper · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:56 pm Post subject:

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

-Ghandi

Draginvry · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:38 pm Post subject:

Speaking of Gandhi...

"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave."

"The weak can never forgive.
Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

"Whether humanity will consciously follow the law of love, I do not know.
But that need not disturb me. The law will work just as the law of
gravitation works, whether we accept it or not. The person who discovered
the law of love was a far greater scientist than any of our modern
scientists. Only our explorations have not gone far enough and
so it is not possible for everyone to see all its workings."

Bruno · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:19 pm Post subject:

"The problem has never been to fly. The problem has always been to fall."

—Olivia Maia

Sonia · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:12 pm Post subject:

"Whether you think you will succeed or whether you think you will fail, you will be right either way."

(I forgot where I saw this, and exactly what it said, but I tried to remember it the best that I can).

Draginvry · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:19 pm Post subject:

"Drawing upon my fine command of language, I said nothing." - Mark Twain

There are two parts to being wise:
1) Having a lot to say
and
2) Not saying it

"The world has enough youth. What we need is a fountain of smart." --Author Unknown

The HB · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:49 pm Post subject:

Even if everybody hates you, your life still has purpose, and that is to attract the hate from elsewhere. ME AGAIN!

to be different is not a bad thing, especially if you are different in a good way. me again...

peoplequalshit. Slipknot

freelancer · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:32 pm Post subject:

Some of my favorite quotes from The Matrix (a very philosophical trilogy), all spoken by Smith:

The purpose of life is to end.

The best thing about being me is there are so many me's.

Never send a human to do a machine's job.

What good is a phone call when you are unable to speak?

It is inevitable.

freelancer · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 11:12 pm Post subject:

And here's a good one that I live my life by:

DON'T PANIC!

The HB · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:46 pm Post subject:

quantum physics · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:47 pm Post subject:

none of these are even philosophical quotes but im not guna put a philosophical quote either tounge2

.

"you can take our lives but you can never take our freedom." - william wallace

Ignorance · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:05 am Post subject:

"Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet"

Freecube · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:49 am Post subject:

John 14:6
Jesus said to him "I am the way, the truth, and the life: No one comes to the Father except through me"

Draginvry · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:55 pm Post subject:

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
- Galileo Galilei

The Nameless One · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:56 pm Post subject:

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