#philosophic

To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind. ↗

— Fanny Burney

#despise #dispense #indeed #mankind #may

Any political philosophy is perfect in a given moment...but moments are fleeting. ↗

— Michele Poague

#philosophical #political #food

When the white man turns tyrant, it is his own freedom that he destroys ↗

— George Orwell

#inspirational #philosophical #freedom

It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#philosophical #politics #wisdom #humor

I like people too much or not at all. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#humor

The best things in life make you sweaty. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#life #love #meaning-of-life #philosophical #puberty

Even the brightest magnesium flare can do little against such dark except blind the eyes of the one holding it. Thus one craves what by seeing one has in fact not seen. ↗

— Mark Z. Danielewski

#inspirational #philosophical-reflection #inspirational

It is always easier to take the words of a Jesus, a Gandhi, a Marx, or a Confucius as constituting Holy Writ. This involves less reading, less study, less thought, less conflict, and less independent searching, but it also means less growth toward maturity. ↗

— William Coperthwaite

#philosophical #spiritual #inspirational

Flame is the lamp; rest is borrowed. ↗

— R.N. Prasher

#philosophical #inspirational

When we merely follow another, we take a potentially creative mind out of service-our own. ↗

— William Coperthwaite

#philosophical #inspirational