#phil

You have to be an artist and a madman... ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#life #philosophy #truth-of-life #inspirational

From where it came and to where it goes, I wish I knew, like the river knows. ↗

— Kellie Elmore

#inspirational #life #philosophy #inspirational

Remember that every government service, every offer of government - financed security, is paid for in the loss of personal freedom... In the days to come, whenever a voice is raised telling you to let the government do it, analyze very carefully to see whether the suggested service is worth the personal freedom which you must forgo in return for such service. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#freedom

Enlightenment is not about cocooning one’s self, but about integrating more fully with both your self and life. ↗

— Jay Woodman

#enlightened #enlightening #enlightenment #integrate #integrating

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#doubt #ignorance #intelligence #knowledge #philosophy

The student is half afraid to meet one of the great philosophers face to face. He feels himself inadequate and thinks he will not understand him. But if he only knew, the great man, just because of his greatness, is much more intelligible than his modern commentator. The simplest student will be able to understand, if not all, yet a very great deal of what Plato said; but hardly anyone can understand some modern books on Platonism. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#intelligence

There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it. ↗

— George Savile

#been #business #celebrated #despised #most

The Yorubas have a saying, here, my translation in English--a poor fool is a bigger fool rich. In other words, money only allows and enables you to be more of who you are. My bigger translation? You don't jump essence, you jump environs! ↗

— Dew Platt

#inspirational-quotes #life #philosophical #inspirational

I do, I am ↗

— Benny Bellamacina

#philosophical #wisdom #inspirational

Enuncia algunos textos muy contundentes. Son textos en los cuales la destreza literaria casi infinita que tenía Sartre se pone al servicio de la contundencia conceptual. Y cuando se logra esto a un pensador se lo entiende y se lo recibe en plenitud. ↗

— José Pablo Feinmann

#philosophy #inspirational