#phil

And if one loves me for my judgement, memory, he does not love me, for I can lose these qualities without losing myself. Where, then, is this Ego, if it be neither in the body nor in the soul? And how love the body or the soul, except for these qualities which do not constitute me, since they are perishable? For it is impossible and would be unjust to love the soul of a person in the abstract and whatever qualities might be therein. We never, then, love a person, but only qualities. Let us, then, jeer no more at those who are honoured on account of rank and office; for we love a person only on account of borrowed qualities. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#love

Funny to think that every day you have ever lived is a yesterday, and you will never live one single tomorrow. But then again, every day is a today when you’re living it. ↗

— Mik Everett

#inspirational #life #philosophy #today #funny

There can be no forced inspiration. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #inspiration #literature #literature-quotes #philosophy

Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate would warrant; no doubt 90 percent of us think ourselves well above average along these lines. ↗

— Alvin Plantinga

#intelligence

Dance like it hurts. Love like you need money. Work when people are watching. -- Dogbert's Motto ↗

— Scott Adams

#philosophy #humor

I think I am, therefore, I am... I think. ↗

— George Carlin

#humor #philosophy #subjectivity #humor

No matter how you care to define it, I do not identify with the local group. Planet, species, race, nation, state, religion, party, union, club, association, neighborhood improvement committee; I have no interest in any of it. I love and treasure individuals as I meet them, I loathe and despise the groups they identify with and belong to. ↗

— George Carlin

#philosophy #humor

Truth would quickly cease to be stranger than fiction, once we got as used to it. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#philosophy #truth #humor

Few if any seemed to have grasped the Principle of Reality; new knowledge leads always to yet more awesome mysteries. Greater physiological knowledge of the brain makes the existence of the soul less possible yet more probable by the nature of the search. ↗

— Stephen King

#nature

So, Beav, tell me about yourself." "I'm Blue." "Sweetheart, if I had your dubious taste in men, I wouldn't be too happy, either." "My name is Blue. Blue Bailey. ↗

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#humore #natural-born-charmer #romance #susan-elizabeth-phillips #humor