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If we surrender the reins to language and not to life, then the problems of philosophy arise.
 
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right. 
 
I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.
 
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
 
CELEBRITY: One who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.
 
Concepts like those of organization, wholeness, directiveness, teleology, control, self-regulation, differentiation, and the like are alien to conventional science. However, they pop up everywhere in the biological, behavioral, and social sciences and are, in fact, indispensable for dealing with living organisms or social groups. Thus, a basic problem posed to modem science is a general theory of organization. General Systems Theory is, in principle, capable of giving exact definitions for such concepts.
 
The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.
 
Wisdom is the intelligence of the system as a whole.
 
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
 
Time spent with friends makes a life happier; time spent with loved ones makes it more meaningful.
 
A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.
 
Ultimately, fear of failure generates a vicious circle that creates what is most feared. To break this cycle, you need to make peace with failure. It isn't enough to merely tolerate it; you need to appreciate the failure and use it ...
 
Not how the world is, but that it is, is the mystery.
 
Given the scale of life in the cosmos, one human life is no more than a tiny blip. Each one of us is a just visitor to this planet, a guest, who will only stay for a limited time. What greater folly could there be than to spend this short time alone, unhappy or in conflict with our companions? Far better, surely, to use our short time here in living a meaningful life, enriched by our sense of connection with others and being of service to them.
 
Se entri mi fai onore; se non entri, un piacere
 
Our faith is faith in some one else's faith.
 
George Bush says he speaks to god every day, & Christians love him for it. If George Bush said he spoke to god through his hair dryer, they would think he was mad. I fail to see how the addition of a hair dryer makes it any more absurd.
 
If you fear failure, you shall never succeed.
 
The truth is, that common-sense, or thought as it first emerges above the level of the narrowly practical, is deeply imbued with that bad logical quality to which the epithet metaphysical is commonly applied; and nothing can clear it up but a severe course of logic.
 
God must love the common man, he made so many of them.
 
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