Quotes on philisophical
The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.
Berne, Eric
No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.
Proverb, Zen
I tell you everything that is really nothing, and nothing of what is everything, do not be fooled by what I am saying. Please listen carefully and try to hear what I am not saying.
Finn, Charles C.
You are fastened to them and cannot understand how, because they are not fastened to you.
Porchia, Antonio
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
Bohr, Niels
To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
Burroughs, John
If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.
Proverb, Russian
Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me.
Porchia, Antonio
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
Börne, Ludwig
No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head.
Josephson, Terry
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Aesop
The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.
Murrow, Edward R.
What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
Gordon, George
A thousand men can't undress a naked man.
Proverb, Greek
Skin is a covering for our immortality.
Garrison, Ever
The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter.
Lichtenberg, G.C.
You can't fall off the floor.
Unknown, Author
If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?
Lec, Stanislaw
The scars you can't see are the hardest to heal.
Alauda, Astrid
The obstacle is the path.
Proverb, Zen
Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.
Albee, Edward
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
Basho, Matsuo
It requires a great deal of faith for a man to be cured by his own placebos.
McClenahan, John L.
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
Muir, John