#meta

Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you. ↗

— Aberjhani

#inspirational-quotes #metaphysics #philosophy #poetry #self-esteem

We grown-up people think that we appreciate music, but if we realized the sense that an infant has brought with it of appreciating sound and rhythm, we would never boast of knowing music. The infant is music itself. ↗

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

#music #philosophy #music

The explorer who will not come back or send back his ships to tell his tale is not an explorer, only an adventurer; and his sons are born in exile. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#journey #metaphorical #research #travel #attitude

Metaphysical speculation is independent of the physical validity of the Big Bang itself and is irrelevant to our understanding of it. ↗

— Lawrence M. Krauss

#metaphysics #science #science

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself. ↗

— Alan Wilson Watts

#metaphysical #philosophy #metaphysics

I think the reason my stories have been so successful is that I have a strong sense of metaphor. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#i #i think #metaphor #reason #sense

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models. ↗

— Bill Bradley

#against #athletes #difficulty #great #important

Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

#believe #find #finding #instinct #less

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#bullets #compared #hot #lead #metal

It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#challenges #how #life #look #metaphor