Ramon > Ramon's Quotes

“The mind can calculate, but the spirit yearns, and the heart knows what the heart knows”
― Stephen King

“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. ”
― Plato

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
― Aristotle

“why are trying so hard to fit in, when you're born to stand out”
― Oliver James

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
― Lao Tzu

“In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.”
― Lao Tzu

“Das Glück ist das einzige, das sich verdoppelt, wenn man es teilt.”
― Albert Schweitzer

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“Ever since time began, people have recognized their true Love by the light in their eyes.”
― Paulo Coelho

“One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.”
― Gustave Flaubert

“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
― Plato

“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“Death is not the worst that can happen to men.”
― Plato

“A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.”
― Mark Twain

“Philosophy is the highest music.”
― Plato

“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”
― Albert Schweitzer

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon.... If a man speak or act with a good thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.”
― Gautama Buddha

“There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.”
― Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni

“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
― Plato

“I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts.”
― Plato

“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
― Plato

“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
― Plato

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
― Anaïs Nin

“Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.”
― John Lennon

“Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!

But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!”
― George Carlin

“Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.”
― George Carlin

“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”
― Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

“If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live”
― Lin Yutang