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l really enjoy reading philosophy, & making up my own too.
Here are some sayings by a wide range of sources. From Arealius to Nietche
#1.
Never take anything for granted...
Cause you really dont know what you had til it's gone!
#2.
If You have assumed a character beyond your own strength
you have played both a poor figure in that
and neglected one with in your powers.
#3.
People look at me and laugh cause I'm different.
I look at them and laugh cause they are all the same.
#4.
If you would pursue philosophy, your first task is to throw away conciet.
For you cant begin to learn what you have conceit that u already know.
#5.
If you seek truth, you do not seek to gain victory by every possible means :
but once you have found truth, You need not fear of being defeated.
#6.
What foolish talk is this?
How can I any longer lay claim to right principles, if I am not content with what I am?
but I am all a flutter about what I am suppose to be.
#7.
Recognize, Kindred to the gods
And thier bondage in these chains of the body and its manifold necessities, Should desire to cast them off as burdens too grievous to be born, and depart to their true instinct. This is the struggle in which your master and teacher were he worthy of the name, and should be engaged. You would come to me and say: We can no longer endure being chained to this wretched body, giving it food and drink and rest Aye and for its sake force to be subservient Are these things indifferent and nothing to us?. Let us be freed from these chains that confine us and press us down. Here are thieves and robbers and tyrants, those who deem they have a power over us... Because of this miserable body and what appertains to it. Let it show they have power over none.
#8.
Asked what common sense was I replied
As that may be called a common ear which distinguished only sounds,
while that which distinguishes between musical notes is not common
but produced by training: so there are certain things which men not entirely perverted see by the natural principles common to all.
Such a constitution of the mind is called common sense.
#9.
The beginning of philosophy is to know the condition of ones own mind and If a man recognizes that this is a weakly state he will want to apply it to his greatest questions and at the best moments. As it is men who arent ready for even a morsel, yet still try to consume and devour entire treaties, Accordingly he becomes sick and has indigestion, Where as he should of stepped by back and stopped to consider his capacity.
#10.
Thou art but a poor laden soul with a lifeless body, A puppet to the powers that be.
#11.
Lose no time setting before you
a certain stamp of character and behavior
to use in company of others.
Let silence be your general rule,
or say only what is necessary
and in few words.
But on occasions should you enter
into discourse sparingly,
Avoiding such common topics
as athletes, or horse races..
(Avoid speaking in ways of praise or blame.)
If you can, win over the conversation
of your company to what it should be
by your own.
But if you should find yourself
cut off without escape
among strangers and aliens.........Be silent.
#12.
Laughter should not be much,
Nor frequent, nor unrestrained.
#13.
One man finds pleasure in improving his land, another his horses...
I myself find pleasure in seeing I grow better
Day by day.
#14.
When a youth was giving himself airs
In the theater...saying..
"I am wise for I have conversed
With many noble men".
.I replied "I to have conversed
Wth many a rich man..
Yet I am not rich."
#15.
Feeling----Virtue-----Vice
Fear, Courage, Cowardice
Love of danger, Discretion, Rashness
Hoarding instinct, Liberality, Meanness
Spending instinct, Thrift, Prodigality
#16.
A moment of realization...
Is worth a thousand prayers.
#17.
The husbandman deals with his land
Physicians and trainers with the body
and a Wiseman?
With his own mind
#18.
No man can rob us of our will -
No man can lord over that
#19.
Reflect that the source of all evils to men,
Of Baseness and cowardice...
And is not death but the fear of it..(metaphorical)
#20.
Keep death and exile daily before thine eyes, With all else that men deem terrible,
But more especially death.
Then thou wilt never think a mean thought,
Nor covet anything beyond measure.
(Stay humble)
#21.
If you are told that
And one such speaks ill of you,
Make no defense against what was said,
But answer, He surely knew not
Of my other faults, else he would not
Have mentioned these only.
#22.
Remember this...
What you give to the body
You will come to lose,
But what you feed your soul
You keep forever.
#23.
Asked.."Who is a rich man?"...
Reply "One who is content."
#24.
All things are changing:
And thyself art in continuous mutation
And in a manner of continuous destruction, Along with all around you (Universe too)
#25.
"Sex is like math
First you add the bed
Then subtract the clothes
Then you divide the legs
But you never want to multiply"
#26.
My point is strong,
Confidence is in my original nature.
#27.
If you are TRYING to attain enlightenment,
You are creating and being driven by karma
And wasting your time on your black cushion... Shunryu
#28.
Give thyself more diligently to reflection..............
Know Thyself!!
29.
People who are insecure tend to receive compliments and all the love in the world people who are secure and hold a sence of power and idealism tend to be talked about and put down to relieve their sence of leadership and independence, people of perfection are constantly watched for imperfections..it's a far more superior aspect to be strong, beauty is strength,I have not one insecurity and this is why I'm beautiful
30.I would rather be hated for who I am , than loved for what I am not
31."Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~Dr. Seuss
32."What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal."
33.The great Roman orator Cicero (106-43 B.C.) offered these "Six Mistakes of Man" - six habits of thinking that keep us a prisoner of ever-shrinking patterns. Who doesn’t share some of these?
Find out what mistakes you share, and without self-blame and judgment, gently fix them and move into a life of more meaning and love.
1. The illusion of personal gain. To begin with, the seesaw thinking that elevates personal gain as a result of crushing others betrays the infinite sense of things. It presumes that life and its resources are finite, that there isn’t enough to go around, and therefore we can only secure our piece of the pie at the expense of others.
2. The tendency to worry. When we tend to worry about things beyond our control, which is common, we are struggling with the lack of faith in the stream of life. This can lead us to a negative self-centeredness that adheres to a false sense of responsibility for everything.
3. Insisting that things are impossible. Because we cannot accomplish something, to say that it is impossible is easier than to admit our own limitations. This sort of world-in-a-thimble thinking prohibits our ability to learn anything new. It prevents us from growing or being refreshed.
4. Trivial preferences. It is clear that one constricting view leads to another, and when we refuse to put down our trivial preferences, we make smallness and self-centeredness a way of life.
5. Neglecting the refinement of the mind. (And the heart.) This is a way to choose the unexamined life over a receptive, listening journey. It is a way to stay in hiding, to choose unconscious living over mindfulness, heartfulness, and awareness.
6. Compelling others. And finally, when attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do, we fall into the ever present trap of conviction.
35.The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. ~ Albert Einstein
36.This is what you shall do:
Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches,
give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid
and crazy, devote your income and labor to others,
hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have
patience and indulgence toward the people, take off
your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or
number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated
persons and with the young and with the mothers of
families, read these leaves in the open air every season
of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been
told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever
insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a
great poem and have the richest fluency not only in
its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and
between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and
joint of your body...
- Walt Whitman
Social Happiness lies not in the quantity of your friends, but the quality of the few you keep.MarQ
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