Random quotes

Quotes in
Sorted by
Author
Subject
Text
Show as list
2718 quotes    

What we can't say we can't say, and we can't whistle it either.
 
I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.
 
All civilized nations must unite in condemnation of a theology that now threatens to destabilize much of the earth.
 
If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas; you will get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man.
 
The whole trend of your previous education and all your habits of thought are bound to make you into opponents of psychoanalysis.
 
My God, I have almost never believed in you, and yet I have always loved you.
 
Who will tell whether one happy moment of love, or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies?
 
What we do in every other area of our lives (other than religion), is, rather than respect somebody's beliefs, we evaluate their reasons.
 
To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested in goods in which our personal selves are wrapped up.
 
I would rather die standing than live on my knees!
 
Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.
 
My neighbor's poverty makes me feel poor; my own does not.
 
Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.
 
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
 
A simplistic mind is a mind full of answers. It is also a mind that seldom realizes the simple fact that answers must be preceded by pertinent questions. The person with a simplistic mind looks for inspiration and knowledge in simplistic theories, mainly in those that confirm his or her preconceptions. Furthermore, he or she tends to be very active. Hence, we are talking about someone who can be very dangerous indeed.
 
It is now no mystery that some quite influential 'philosophers' were 'mentally' ill.
 
Why is it when we talk to God we're praying -- but when God talks to us, we're schizophrenic?
 
It is a fallacy of the old schools to divide man into parcels, elements, thoughts, emotions, intuitions, etc. All human faculties consist of an interconnected whole.
 
VACATION: Time off to remind employees that the business can get along without them.
 
It is naively assumed that the fact that the majority of people share certain ideas or feelings proves the validity of these ideas and feelings. Nothing is further from the truth. Consensual validation as such has no bearing whatsoever on reason or mental health. Just as there is a folie à deux there is a folie à millions. The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so many errors does not make the errors to be truths, and the fact that millions of people share the same mental pathology does not make these people sane.
 
2718 quotes