This thread was inspired by the philosophy thread. Feel free to post quotes you thik are inspirational, philosophical , etc.
To start it off.
“A human life is like a single alphabet. It can be meaning less. Or it can be part of a great meaning.”
-Jewish Theological Seminary of America
“The world is his,
who can see through its pretension…
See it to be a lie, and you have already dealt it
its mortal blow.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The man of science is a poor philosopher.”
Albert Einstein
“It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.”
Buddha
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
-Carl Jung
“A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.”
Carl Jung
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.”
R E Howard
“Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Wherever he goes, you also go. He will not be alone.”
― J. Krishnamurti
" A man does not choose his path in life, only whether or not to walk it" - Author unknown
" Weaken the eye of seeing, and open the eye of observance"
" It is through cooperation, rather than conflict; that your greatest successes will be accomplished" -Ralph Charell
" If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shades" - Tom Peters
“I think that most people don’t choose the most important parts, and simply don’t watch how it looks overall. I want to make a point, that showing the best of your skill doesn’t always mean to show all of your tricks in a single freestyle.”
-Yuisuke Ootsuka