Quotes 341 till 360 of 624.
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People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection.
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People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.
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People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change.
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People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware.
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People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.
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People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.
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Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize our age.
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Perhaps one reason for the falling-off of belief in a continuance of conscious existence is to be found in the quality of life that most of us lead. There is not much in it with which, in any kind of reason, one can associate the idea of immortality.
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Perhaps the prevalence of pedantry may be largely accounted for by the common error of thinking that, because useful knowledge should be remembered, any kind of knowledge that is at all worth learning should be remembered too.
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Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.
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Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness. Men who have greatness within them don't go in for politics.
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Politics is far more complicated than physics.
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Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I assume that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind
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Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
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Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world.
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Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
Original:La vraie générosité envers l'avenir consiste à tout donner au présent.
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Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.
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Reality is merely an illusion , albeit a very persistent one.
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Research is four things: brains with which to think, eyes with which to see, machines with which to measure and, fourth, money.
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Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.
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