Philosophical quotations, aphorisms, etc...
Well hello there and welcome to my philosophies page (what an original intro huh).
Of all the websites and all the homepages in the world, you had to walk into mine. gee thanks! I hope it lives up to some of your standards.
I seriously hope you like it...Well let's see here, umm, for right now, i am just going to have my philosopies on the page just how they are (just in random order). Later (hopefully soon)i will have links for the different categories.
The newest quotes will be at the top. *currently serving 74 "quotes", 9 of other, and 5 poems*
Essays!!
Click here for my Essays page. Instead of my quotes you can see a lot of what i think about one specific topic (right now i have 5 essays on various topics, some probably slightly confusing).
The only time someone is useless is the day after they die; but even then, the memories of that person hopefully do good.
Which is worse; having someone remember you badly for something(s) you did, or them not remember you at all?
Meeting new people may be hard but usually having to leave them is worse.
Help those who do not know, help those who do not understand. Just as, if you do not understand or know, you will be helped.
When someone dies and you cry, are you crying for the dead person, are you crying for the family, are you crying for yourself, or are you crying because you think you are "suppose" to (a habit)? Why are you crying? *Just answering sadness is not an answer, why then, are you sad?*
Punch a wall, punch a desk, punch a pole even, but never......punch a cactus.
Dream all the dreams you want but be careful as to not get your hopes up if you do not plan on following them.
How does someone really know that they know something?
You are you as long as you can be yourself.
When you want something worth having you will see it; seeing it means that you grasp the idea; having the idea entails that you know what you want, and therefore, shall have it.
You do not have to know what you're talking about to have knowledge (or gain it), nor do you have to make since to be a genius.
Love does not come from just anywhere, although it can happen in just a few moments of time.
To be a good friend it is not necessary to have rapport, but to do so is a feeling greater than you can imagine.
If you don't use your life for yourself, helps someone else so that they may have a better life.
Stupid people make the world go 'round.
Impatient people are like mosquitos; if their "prey" just stands there, they'll eat them alive.
World peace is impossible, so try for something a little smaller and work your way up to it.
Fait exists but it is not definite, it can easily be changed; usually with only a small word or thought or action.
The only happy people are the ones that do not know it. When you realize you are happy, you find faults and are no longer happy.(Don't think you're happy, just be happy).
Unfortunately, the only time people aren't afraid of dying (or death itself) is when they are dead. (It is possible to die from being so afraid of doing just that; dying. *How ironic is that?*)
Conflict is pointless, people argue, then (hopefully) apologize, and then make up, and then they are back where they started. The only thing accomplished is the wasting of time that could've been spent making each other happy.
People see what they have been taught to see. People only know what they have been taught to know. Babies are the ones who see and know the real truth, because they have not been "taught", they know only what their instincts tell them.
Are people considered crazy when they really know what is going on?
The less people know and/or realize about "their" world, the happier they are.
The truth is irrelevant when it comes to lying.
If we have all been "taught", then by our understanding, we can be honest but not necessarily tell the truth without truly knowing.
If you want magnificent power you must first find out how much power you have over yourself, and once the most of that is achieved it should be more than plenty.
Why can't a person care about people, or likewise, people care about a person?
How can you tell if someone is lying?....looking in their eyes? A little nervous twitch? There is no need to worry about that if you show trust.
There are no good habits; there are no bad habits. Habits are meaningless.
What would you rather do? Sit and watch YOUR world (life) progress along by you, doing what it wants...or...Make your world (life) how you want it? You have been provided with a life for you to live, why would you not want to use it, build with it?
Sure you can make a "wonderful" life always pleasing yourself but what are you going to think everytime you see someone who needs help, who needs any kind of life?
If you think that your only stopping point is at the farthest reaches of your mind, you must also remember that your mind can always expand a little further (and further, etc...).
Gratefulness is something that keeps people going, keeps them happy, keeps them content, etc...When you look at all of the great things you have and been given (friends, blessings, gifts, life) you
start to feel extremely thankful. Without these things (people to share things with, someone to love, someone to love you) life would not be worth it. *Unless you make it worth it.*
The most perfect sounding music could be horrid to someone who was expecting something else; just as the sweetest tasting drink could be torture if the person drinking it thought it was something else. My point in this is just that: don't have your mind
set to only expect one certain thing; have no set expectations so that you are open and accepting to all expectations.
The fact that someone may not be able to do something should not stop them from trying it (or perhaps actually doing it).
Bring your thoughts forward by thinking about them.
Knowing your dreams is already taken care of. You know your dreams because you have them. Now all you have to do is, apply your heart to
your dreams, and they will no longer be dreams. They will become reality.
Just because someone is facing one way does not mean that they are looking in the same direction.
You can fight with yourself, and you can even fight with others; but you cannot fight the truth. No matter how much you despise (the) truth, you cannot cover it up. It can only cause harm to
pull a veil over the truth with false thoughts. Accept (the) truth for what it is, do not hide it; for if you do, the truth eventually unveils itself, revealing to you even more hurt then what you started with.
Use your eyes to see your path, use your mind to help solve problems along the way, but most importantly use your heart to make it to where you want to go.
Do your thoughts control your mind, or does your mind control your thoughts?
Peoples' minds are constantly thinking and functioning; it is when you (not your mind) start to think that you begin to learn (to know).
Learn that which you cannot (or have yet to) see; and likewise, look to see that which you cannot (or have yet to) learn.
A self conscience person listens to the thoughts of others; an egotistical person listens to their thoughts alone; but a human being fuses their thoughts and others (but can also seperate them).
Give the world something in such that; when you die, they are not saddened because of your death but are happy because of what you gave them.
If you spend your life making people happy, why would you want them to be sad at your funeral?
You are the one that makes your decisions, you make your life, but you cannot count only on you alone for you to have the best life possible.
Open your mind and the world will pour in; empty your mind and allow it to be filled again and again and again.
If you can't make a move, let the other person go, then a path may be cleared.
To truly "touch" someone is the greatest accomplishment imaginable.
Everyone looks at the simplest answer when they should be looking at the real answer which lies beneath the obvious top layer.
Why are people always complaining they can't do something when they are the ones that are constantly saying "Oh, that's impossible" and "I can't do that."
Why must people insist on not knowing!
How many times must you touch an electric fence before you know if it is on?
The best jokes are the ones that are accidental.
People fear death but why do they not mind seeing others die?
We have the knowledge at our disposal, we have the ability; c'mon, what else do we need?
Why does violence have to be an escape? People get angry, they destroy--why not do something productive (helpful)?
The rules of the world need not apply to you; they serve only as a guide, as an example. You can follow these "examples" but you must also make your own. How are you suppose to make a life for yourself
when you have to follow the life the world has made already?
The unknown is what keeps people continuing forward, for people shall never stop wanting to know what they cannot.
Depending on how you look at it, life can be either fair or unfair. If you look at things as if they are for the best then they will be.
The things people try the most are the things they cannot do. But eventually they find that it is done.
Whenever most people "think" of others it is usually only for hypocritical, judging, sterotypical,(etc.)...reasons.
Do two ignorant people having a conversation make since to each other?
Why are there set rules in relationships? People follow "traditions" and if a person doesn't follow the other's "tradition" then there is chaos;
unless it is a true relationship.
Sadness may come many times in your life but as long as you are happy in-between the sad times you should be okay.
The days when you aren't feeling "like yourself" or "up to par," are the days when you should be feeling your best
because if you do, you will be feeling good every day.
The times when you do not feel like talking about a problem are the times when you should be thinking about your problem; but never a time for sulking about it.
People tell you to stop feeling sorry for yourself; but what about feeling sorry for others, what do they have to say about that?
Deep thought refers to thinking at a different level, a much deeper level. That means thinking past the "obvious," or surface. When that is done, more things are revealed; things that were not the "obvious" but that doesn't mean they are wrong.
Usually the "obvious" is what needs to be thought about.
Whatever you want to be done or have done...you have to believe it and then you can see it and then it will happen.
When you gain complete control of your thoughts, you can choose when to be happy, when to be sad, etc. But until then, you must deal with your emotions as they come to you.
Without some control over yourself; life, events, and actions will control you instead of you controling them.
If some people allow their brain to tell them what to do; then what tells their brain what to do?
How and/or why do people suddenly think of something?
How do we know what will provide us with a good life...grades? a good job? That's the way it has been, but it doesn't have to be. How do we know?
This next section are just statements and/or "facts" i was thinking about and questions i ask myself, problems, etc...
My greatest fear that i can see is having to say goodbye to someone, especially someone i wasn't able to help.
My life has no idea what i have in store for it.
What are my fears? My fears are greater than common fears because they are unknown to me. The only fear i know about that i have is the fear of losing someone else. I know other fears exist inside my mind but they have not been revealed to me (either that or i have not accepted them).
According to some, people's dreams supposedly contain their actual (real) thoughts. They contain your subconscience; dreams are your inner thoughts. A long with holding all of these thoughts, dreams hold your imagination and desires. Likewise with your thoughts;
your dreams release, or let go of, all of these desires and your imaginative thoughts. People dream of flying and doing things that are "impossible", and many people would like to control their dreams for reasons such as controlling their subconscience thoughts and bringing their
imagination to life while sleeping; while dreaming. One problem that i see with this is that people get too involved with CONTROLLING their dreams while asleep, and they do not do anything about MAKING their dreams while awake.
And when the war ends, the people with their once "happy" lives will be no more. The bombs and guns will have taken the life of every man,woman, and child.
But yet, it is not the people who will be blamed; it will be the guns, it will be the "weapons of destruction" that will be at fault. Even though the fact still remains...it was the people who pulled the trigger,
it was the people who pressed the button or pulled the lever. Weapons do not kill themselves...We do.
How far do my thoughts go? What are my thinking boundaries? (limitless; it is my choice when to stop)
Major thinking is apparently continued from the former "thinkers." But where did they get it from;
they had to (at some point) have their own thoughts, their own way of thinking that allowed a new way
of thinking for others. (This has happened at least once before, so now i strive to do it once again. I am striving
to have my own thoughts, my own thinking so i know it is truly mine, truly my own.)
My life will not tell a story; it will write one.
Apparently, what i can tell by most people in this world that i have seen; (instead of yourself, or from your own identity) you can thank your friends (and/or peers) for your personality, looks, reputation, popularity,
achievement, success, etc....*and i don't mean that in a good way, if you don't make up your own mind about things, there is no way you can do anything else.*
I had to seperate the sections because i am coming up with more poems sooo...here are the poems (and as always, the newest one will be at the begining, look on the main page to find out when i updated).
I see this world around me full of false propanda and all lies, a world of hatred and fears.
Ihe friends i so thankfully know keeping me alive.
I think of them every second of every day and see their faces in my mind.
The vivid pictures i see in my head can in no way compare to seeing their beauty, loving, and caring in person.
Nothing can compare to the feeling of when i am in their presence.
The thoughts of them overwhelm me and i drift off to a place where only they exist.
I fill with excitement and try ever so hard to keep these thoughts as great as they are but it is usually hopeless.
The thoughts of these great people whom of which bring me unimaginable joy soon become only pain and torment.
The people are the same only my mind will not allow me to enjoy it, enjoy the thoughts of them.
I struggle to keep the thoughts of the times we've done even the slightest thing as talk but i usually lose to my mind thinking of when they leave.
From joyous occassions to horrifying thoughts.
Thoughts of which seem as thought they shall never go away.
Despite the endless feelings of the terrible thoughts, my mind does graciously allow me a few moments of joy. and without a doubt, that few moments is worth an eternity of good thoughts and joy.
At nights when i retire, all i must do is close my eyes and think about my wonderful friends and come good dreams or bad, i shall always awaken the next morning and think of your wonderful selves.
The day then has meaning once again and i am overcome with joy for at least a little while.
Eventhough bad thoughts usually eventually emerge, i still without a doubt look forward to the next time that i may think of my friends, and hope to perchance be in your everlasting presence once again. (the end)
The meeting in which me unite once again will be bigger than a celebration of kings.
The years gone by seeming like an eternity, but when reached see to be like a leading up to a greater reunion, a preparation for one of the most joyous times anyone could imagine, or perhaps like waiting in line for your favorite ride in a theme park.
The times we shared and the happiness you've given me will now be called upon once again when i see you.
But how long shall it last?
A few hours of your presence will only be torture once you're gone again.
My mind drifting to the bad, not giving me time to enjoy the good you bring me.
As the car speeds away i stand back in the eternal line; forever waiting for your return so that i may once again be in your presence.
The cycle repeats and repeats as i stand in my line waiting for you and remembering the times when i could see you or talk to you anytime.
I want you to stay forever; i need you to stay forever, live your life so that i may watch.
Not everyone's dreams can come true because they contradict.
If this is true, i will do anything for your dreams to become reality despite any contradiction of mine.
If your life is as great as i hope it to be then i will only need to be a flash of thought in your mind; a memory of how special you are; a place where i may be with you forever...for my sake. (the end)
I met you just a while ago.
I knew you more just a short time ago.
As i reach to know more you seem not afraid, you seem willing to share your thoughts with me.
The things that have happened to you, questions, anything; nothing seems to hold you back.
You are reluctant at times but you easily pull through.
I don't know if you find trust in me or in my words but nevertheless, you speak.
You speak and you fill my day with thought.
You have an ability i think you are slowly realizing but once again you are reluctant.
Reluctant to accept this ability and what comes with it.
You are unique in the way you think, i can only imagine your thoughts on things.
I want to know this way if you would allow me.
The short time i've known you, i could spend a lifetime getting to know you...that would be a gift like none other. (the end)
I see you walking along,
The sun looking proud to give you light.
I can't resist and have to know you.
As i get closer you seem to be the same.
No matter how hard i try you stay the same,
No matter how fast i run i can't catch you, you stay the same distance away.
I figure maybe it's me so i stop running.
I can't tell if you're the same or further, but i know not closer.
I look around to find something, anything.
I think i see the problem and gladly fix it.
When i come back you're gone, my greatest fear now a reality.
The problem is fixed and now you're gone, maybe that's why you stayed as long as you did.
I never knew you as i wish i had,
But i got to see you,to feel your presence;
The everlasting joy you left in me...
I THANK YOU (the end)
I think I think I know
The longer we're alone;
The more we grow.
There will be unimaginable grief while you're gone,
But it will not always be that way;
So don't allow yourself to be a pawn.
Do not follow another's mistake;
Please do you and me a favor,
And give yourself a break.
All of the sadness will be over soon;
Joyous times will come,
And happiness will bloom.
We will eventually be as one,
With nothing but smiles and fun.
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