Philosophical quotes-Society

Society is a masked ball,

where every one hides his real character,

and reveals it by hiding.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thought for the day-Today

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

Famous people quotes-Wholeness

I think wholeness is God's design for us;

and that often amounts to embracing contradictions.

- Bono

Deep thoughts-Mask

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.

Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

- Oscar Wilde

Philosophical quotes-Stretched

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Friendship quotes-A lifetime's not too long

"Friends are friends forever, if the Lord is the Lord of them

And a friend will not say never, cause the welcome will not end

Though it's hard to let you go

In the Father's hands I know

That a lifetime's not too long... to live as friends."

Famous philosophers quotes-No understanding

What use is knowledge if there is no understanding?

- Stobaeus

Philosophical quotes-Kindled

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

- Plutarch

Philosophical quotes-What I am

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
- Lao Tzu

Philosophical quotes-Snow goose

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white.

Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

- Lao Tzu

Proverbs-Too busy

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
- Spanish Proverb

Philosophical quotes-Truthfulness

Truthfulness. He will never willingly tolerate an untruth, but will hate it as much as he loves truth....And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?

- Plato, 380BC

Proverbs-Truly rich

The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.

- Yiddish Proverb

Famous people quotes-Three stages

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

Philosophical quotes-Universalize

Will localizes us; thought universalizes us.
- Henri Frederic Amiel

Deep thoughts-Quitting

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
- Lance Armstrong (bicycle racer)

Proverbs-Anger

Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
- English Proverb

Philosophical quotes-Immortality

Skin is a covering for our immortality.
- Ever Garrison

Famous people quotes-Deeds

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
- George Eliot

Famous philosophers quotes-Teach anything

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates (470-399 B.C.)