Tag: philosophy

Life always involves some logic in its manifestations, and logic, as a rule, excludes the versatility of life from its considerations....

In the Kamigata area, they have a sort of tiered lunchbox they use for a single day when flower viewing. Upon returning, they throw them away, trampling them underfoot. The end is important in all things....

The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it....

Grammar and ordinary language are bad guides to metaphysics. A great book might be written showing the influence of syntax on philosophy....

To believe in nothing is as ridiculous as to believe in everything. Reason and factual evidence may convert a belief into knowledge....

We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men....

Comprehending and knowing better and deeper are the best guarantees we can have to attain ideas and criteria of our own; i.e. to stop depending on what other people say. In summary, to be freer to choose our own path in...

Other people are only aspects of our own greater being....

When we say two bodies ‘touch’, what we mean (without knowing it) is that both electromagnetic fields are interacting to avoid physical interpenetration and … that happens well before subatomic particles touch!...

I can kill a bad guy, but I can’t save anyone. I’m not a hero. All I am is a killer. A dead killer who shit his pants....