Favorite philosophical quotes

[Anonymous No.9728284]

>having had as much of Life's rewards as you could reap,
>you wither, but since you lust for what you don't have, and hold cheap
>what is at hand, Life, wasted and unfulfilled, slipped through your fingers.
>Death has snuck up on you, now at the head of your couch he lingers
>before you're ready to depart Life's banquet, full and sated.
>Now put aside all thoughts that are unseemly for your grey head,

>come along, make room for others, leave with your heart light. So it must be.

[Anonymous No.9728322]

>>9728284
>The seas are sapphires, the fields and forests emeralds. The Himalayas gleam like diamonds.
>The strange blue world to which my father sent me.
>If you knew how you are loved, not one of you would raise a hand in rage again.

[Anonymous No.9728404]

> Are you so much wiser at your age than I am at mine that you understand that wocked people always do some harm to their closest neighbors while good people do them good, but I have reached such a pitch of ignorance that Ido not realize this,
> namely that if I make one of my associates wicked I run the risk of being harmed by him,

[Anonymous No.9728416]

All silencing of discussion is the assumption of infallibility. Js mill

[Anonymous No.9728567]

> Death is the great reservoir of life.

[Anonymous No.9728604]

>Gaze long enough into an abyss and the abyss will also gaze into you

[Anonymous No.9729451]

>Let the fool gape and shudder—the man knows, and can look on without a wink.

[Anonymous No.9729454]

>How will the individual stand up to this interrogation?

[Anonymous No.9729885]

>>9728604
I love that its a modern quote from mgmt

[Anonymous No.9729901]

>Through consciousness, spirit intervenes in the way the world is ruled. This is its infinite tool - then there are bayonets, cannon, bodies. But the banner [of philosophy] and the soul of its commander is spirit.

[Anonymous No.9729974]

>One hundred women are not worth a single testicle.

[Anonymous No.9730117]

>This jug is an absolute democracy of atoms

[Anonymous No.9730653]

He who rules men lives in confusion;
He who is ruled by men lives in sorrow.
Yao therefore desired
Neither to influence others
Nor to be influenced by them.
The way to get clear of confusion
And free of sorrow
Is to live with Tao
In the land of the great Void.

If a man is crossing a river
And an empty boat collides with his own skiff,
Even though he be a bad-tempered man
He will not become very angry.
But if he sees a man in the boat,
He will shout at him to steer clear.
If the shout is not heard, he will shout again,
And yet again, and begin cursing.
And all because there is somebody in the boat.
Yet if the boat were empty.
He would not be shouting, and not angry.

If you can empty your own boat
Crossing the river of the world,
No one will oppose you,
No one will seek to harm you.

The straight tree is the first to be cut down,
The spring of clear water is the first to be drained dry.
If you wish to improve your wisdom
And shame the ignorant,
To cultivate your character
And outshine others;
A light will shine around you
As if you had swallowed the sun and the moon:
You will not avoid calamity.

A wise man has said:
''He who is content with himself
Has done a worthless work.
Achievement is the beginning of failure.
Fame is beginning of disgrace.''

Who can free himself from achievement
And from fame, descend and be lost
Amid the masses of men?
He will flow like Tao, unseen,
He will go about like Life itself
With no name and no home.
Simple is he, without distinction.
To all appearances he is a fool.
His steps leave no trace. He has no power.
He achieves nothing, has no reputation.
Since he judges no one
No one judges him.
Such is the perfect man:
His boat is empty.