It requires philosophy and heroism to rise above the opinion of the wise men of all nations and races.
Stoic Quotes: Timeless Wisdom for a Fulfilling Life - page 7
The Greek philosophies teach us that we are a combination of dark and light, good and evil, and murderer and savior, hmm? And until we know this completely about ourselves we cannot love well, and we cannot forgive ourselves.
One road was simple acceptance of life, the other road offered sweet peace. When I made my decision, my vision became my release.
Dan Fogelberg
In Tantric Buddhism, we believe that Samsara is Nirvana. That is to say that everything in the universe is part of us. And we also are part of everything in the universe.
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Without God man has no reference point to define himself. 20th century philosophy manifests the chaos of man seeking to understand himself as a creature with dignity while having no reference point for that dignity.
Atheism leads a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation: all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue.
America's government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and action, because almost nobody in authority understands the actions that would be needed to meet the commitments.
Jeffrey Sachs
Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.
Henry George
There is no such thing as good and bad in an absolute sense. There is only the good and bad- the harm in terms of happiness and suffering- that our thoughts and our actions do to ourselves and others.
Matthieu Ricard
Philosophy insists that there is a joy which is absolute, which never changes.
We need an approach to ethics which makes no recourse to religion and can be equally acceptable to those with faith and those without.
Time does not relinquish its rights, either over human beings or over mountains.
Chastity, like honesty, is a civic as well as a personal virtue. When a society loses chastity, it begins to destroy itself.
J. William Schickel
The Puritan ethic of marriage was first to look not for a partner whom you do love passionately at this moment but rather for one whom you can love steadily as your best friend for life, then to proceed with God’s help to do just that.
J. I. Packer
Frugality includes all the other virtues.
There's three things in this world that you need: Respect for all kinds of life, a nice bowel movement on a regular basis, and a navy blazer.
Robin Williams
The competition is cutthroat, even among best friends. And you have to be able to, by virtue of experience, be able to deal with it.
Thy steady temper, Portius, Can look on guilt, rebellion, fraud, and Cæsar, In the calm lights of mild philosophy.
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Tantra is for the person who has self control but doesn't care anymore. It is for the person who is able to abandon self-control and its fixation.
