All Quotes By Tag: Philosophical

“I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.”

“I do, I am”

“A lizard brain fired the gun that wounded you, but it was the combination of three brains that orchestrated the elaborate circumstances in which the trigger was pulled. Way back when, the Landlord believed a second brain would endow some of his lower life forms with the capacity for emotional connections. By adding the third brain, he probably planned on having his… higher forms empowered with the ability to not only think before acting, but to feel regret afterwards when their actions were wrong. But that’s not what happened, is it?”

“… what you think is right isn’t the same as knowing what is right.”

“Our physical world seems ready and able to accommodate the needs of the spiritually awakened new Superhuman. The constraints or demands of our material world are not the real problem; it is our own spiritual awareness and philosophical wisdom that is lagging behind.”

“The sage is sick of being sick (Tao Te Ching)”

“That vice has often proved an emancipator of the mind, is one of the most humiliating, but, at the same time, one of the most unquestionable facts in history.”

“Es decir…, lo que yo creo es que el hombre piensa en el significado de la vida porque sabe con certeza que va morir algún día. (…) Nadie sabe lo que va a ocurrir. Por eso nosotros, para evolucionar necesitamos la muerte.”

“The life we’re given is on a thread, so wear it well.”

“Who knoweth if to die be but to live, and that called life by mortals be but death?”

“The Yorubas have a saying, here, my translation in English–a poor fool is a bigger fool rich. In other words, money only allows and enables you to be more of who you are. My bigger translation? You don’t jump essence, you jump environs!”

“You’d be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you’d do, when you take self-respect out of the equation.”

“Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?”

“What one thinks is right is not always the same as what others think is right; no one can be always right.”

“I look back now and realize that the gift of a true friend is that she sees you not the way you see yourself or the way others see you. A true friend sees you for who you are and who you can become.”