Philosophy Quotes

"Desire and renunciation are two sides of the same coin."

"The world teaches us that we have nothing to do with it, and that if we change it, we are committing a sin."

"Society's laws are merely a facade."

"It is impossible to truly live while refusing to die."

"There is no such thing as a beginning or an end, only an infinite journey."

"Your body is not separate from your spirit; they are the same."

"The world, as it is now, is not good nor bad. It simply is."

"The desire for pleasure and the fear of pain are two sides of the same coin."

"In every person lies a universe waiting to be discovered."

"The tension of opposites holds everything together."

"The world is ruled by two powers, and all the rest is a consequence of these two powers"

"Remember: the world has a Soul, and once we get to know that Soul, we can also know the Soul of everything in the world"

"The opposite of every truth is equally true."

"The only true law is that which leads one to believe in oneself."

"Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Adler believed, but a quest for meaning."

"If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering."

"Even the attempt to commit suicide may have a meaning."

"We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life and instead think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life."

"Man's search for meaning is a primary force in his life and not a 'secondary rationalization' of instinctual drives."

"Your whole body, from wingtip to wingtip, is nothing more than your thought itself."

"Logic can only take us so far in understanding evil."

"To understand others, one must first understand oneself."

"Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked."

"What good does it do you to own the stars?"

"For some, it is a matter of literature. For others it is a matter of conquest."

"Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, nor a quest for power, as Adler believed, but a quest for meaning."

"The existentialist psychiatrists are right when they say that modern man is sick because he feels his life is meaningless."

"I have learned through my body and soul that it is very necessary for me to sin, to strive, to suffer and to fail"

"The world, Siddhartha, is not imperfect or slowly evolving towards perfection"

"The world within is as vast as the world without"