If you cling to an idea as the inalterable truth, then when the truth does come in person and knock at your door, you will not be able to open the door and accept it.

Quote by Udana Sutta

Topics: Philosophy Quotes, Self Improvement Quotes

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of...

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of...

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your...

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your...

On the one hand, philosophy is to keep us thinking about things that we may...

On the one hand, philosophy is to keep us thinking about things that we may...

Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex

Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex

Whoever makes something having bought or contracted for all other held resources used in the...

Whoever makes something having bought or contracted for all other held resources used in the...

No true Witches today practice human sacrafice, torture, or any form of ritual murder. Anyone...

No true Witches today practice human sacrafice, torture, or any form of ritual murder. Anyone...

Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment...

Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment...

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it...

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it...

It is when you refuse to see only the commonplace, that you behold the exceptional.

It is when you refuse to see only the commonplace, that you behold the exceptional.

If we worried about everything half as much, we would enjoy life twice as much.

If we worried about everything half as much, we would enjoy life twice as much.

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

There is no social entity with a good that undergoes some sacrifice for its own...

There is no social entity with a good that undergoes some sacrifice for its own...

It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those...

It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those...

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion

Our philosophy precedes from the belief that sport is an inalienable part of the educational...

Our philosophy precedes from the belief that sport is an inalienable part of the educational...

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he...

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he...

Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study...

Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study...

Many only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with...

Many only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with...

What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of...

What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of...