Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart.
The eye of the intellect "sees in all objects what it brought with it the means of seeing."
It is through symbols that man consciously or unconsciously lives, works and has his being.
There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.
We need religion for religions's sake, morality for morality's sake and art for art's sake.
The familiar material objects may not be all that is real, but they are admirable examples.
Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished.
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking.
I am going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly.
...the ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.
It takes time for an acorn to turn into an oak, but the oak is already implied in the acorn.
In life as well as in art Zen never wastes energy in stopping to explain; it only indicates.
Poetry demands a man with a special gift for it, or else one with a touch of madness in him.
That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal.
That in the soul which is called the mind is, before it thinks, not actually any real thing.
. . . Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.
For through wondering human beings now and in the beginning have been led to philosophizing.
The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.
No one writes anything worth writing, unless he writes entirely for the sake of his subject.
Vedas are the most rewarding and the most elevating book which can be possible in the world.
We must escape our illusions of correctness to understand the actions and beliefs of others.
The morality of work is the morality of slaves, and the modern world has no need of slavery.
My sad conviction is that people can only agree about what they're not really interested in.
Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.
To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.
One is always a little afraid of love, but above all, one is afraid of pain or causing pain.
Africans had to be taught that nudity is wicked; this was done very cheaply by missionaries.
Power, like vanity, is insatiable. Nothing short of omnipotence could satisfy it completely.
The pure mathematician, like the musician, is a free creator of his world of ordered beauty.
Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it - even if we so desired.
If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?
Any civilized administration, however organized, prefers its own good to that of the people.
The accidental causes of science are only accidents relatively to the intelligence of a man.
Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil.
Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.
Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.
The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.
Reading without thinking will confuse you.Thinking without reading will place you in danger.
The superior person gathers his weapons together in order to provide against the unforeseen.
The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.
Not knowing life, how can we know death? Why talk of spirits when you do not understand men?
One who will study for three years. Without thought of reward. Would be hard indeed to find.
Man is born with uprightness. If one loses it, he will be lucky if he escapes with his life.
It takes unbelievable spiritual courage, moral fortitude, to engage in militant nonviolence.
The women can always choose the patriarchal models, and you end up with a Margaret Thatcher.
You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.
...but I also can't prove that mushrooms could not be intergalactic spaceships spying on us.