41 Best philosophy of life quotes with meaning
A day without laughter is a day wasted.
Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.
He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
A preoccupation with the next world clearly shows an inability to cope credibly with this one.
Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.
Fault always lies in the same place: with him weak enough to lay blame.
The meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering but in the development of the soul.
Hope does not leave without being given permission.
when a language dies, a way of understanding the world dies with it, a way of looking at the world..
Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls?.
Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgements are always consistent are unreflective or dogmatic.
One has to take a somewhat bold and dangerous line with this existence: especially as, whatever happens, we are bound to lose it.
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
You cannot connect with anyone except through reality.
Kind people are mixed with the pure nature of the universe.
You may lie with your mouth, but with the mouth you make as you do so you none the less tell the truth.
Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history; it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages.
I'll follow you, even to death—but I won't live with you any more.
Attaining consciousness is connected with the gradual liberation from mechanicalness, for man is fully and completely under mechanical laws.
Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.
Having just enough life to enjoy being dead.
If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon.
Is it better to go with the flow or let the flow go?.
A moment or an eternity—did it matter? Life, undefeated, existed and could exist.
Philosophers can debate the meaning of life, but you need a Lord who can declare the meaning of life.
The inner revolution will not be televised or sold on the Internet. It must take place within one's own mind and heart.
Violence begins with the fork.
It is remarkable how long men will believe in the bottomlessness of a pond without taking the trouble to sound it.
All resistance is a rupture with what is. And every rupture begins, for those engaged in it, through a rupture with oneself.
Everything, no matter how beautiful, is only with us for awhile.
The greatest mystery the universe offers is not life but Size.
He will essentially follow the language of the spectacle, for it is the only one he is familiar with.
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
I surround myself with things that make me happy. Why? Because ... it makes me happy.
He had a look of composed dissatisfaction, as if he understood life thoroughly.
Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest.
I wanted that future officer to weigh decisions with a supple mind and to be comfortable with nuance and uncertainty..