Best Philosophical|Provocative Quotes|Wisdom

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity

Germaine Greer
Australian Writer

When the moon is full, it begins to wane

Japanese Proverbs

The only truly affluent are those do not want more than they have

Erich Fromm

We are captive of what we love, what we desire and what we are

Mahmoud Darwish

Nature does not hurry yet everything is accomplished

Lao Tzu

Ask yourself: am I observing the situation accurately or am I projecting how I feel onto what it is happening

Well-timed silence has more eloquence than speech

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Rumors travels faster, but it don’t stay put as long as truth

Will Rogers

Politeness is just deception in pretty packaging

You can anything but not everything

David Allen

Worry it’s a misuse of imagination

Dan Zadra

Don’t make a permanent decision for your temporary emotion

A wise man once taught me: always have a contingency plan

Worry is the antithesis of trust

Elisabeth Elliot

One can get used to ugliness, but never the negligence

Coco Chanel

Choice was dangerous you had to forego all other possibilities when you choose

JK Rowling

If you don’t want anyone to find out, don’t do it

Chinese Proverb

Individuals search for truth, groups search for consensus

Naval Ruikant
Indian-American entrepreneur and investor

To be soft is to be powerful

Rudeness is the weak person’s imitation of strength

Irrepressible curiosity vied with an instinctive fear

Haruki Murakami

It takes nothing to join the crowd; it takes everything to stand alone

Hand F Hansen

All proofs restaurant premises.

Aristotle

Let the fictitious sources a pleasure be as near as possible to the true

Horace

The strong people are not those who show strength in front of us but those who win battles we know nothing about

Getting angry is actually punishing yourself with the mistakes of others

You can tell when people are truly happy. Their energy is genuine.

Alex Elle

What you call austerity is what I might call efficiency

David Cameron

Rudeness is the weak person’s imitation of strength

When we desire or solicit anything, our minds run wholly on the good side; when it is obtained our minds run wholly on the bad ones

Jonathan Swift

Family it’s not about blood; it’s about who is willing to hold your hand when you need it the most

There’s a plenty of sense in nonsense sometimes if you wish to look for it

Will Herondale

Dancing with the feet is the one thing, but dancing with the heart is another

Reason is always weak where prejudice is strong

Norm Mcdonald
Canadian stand-up comedian, writer

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them

Daniel Handler

Lies of omission are still lies

Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don’t stand a chance against it.

Joan D. Vinge
American science fiction author

There’s nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child

Frank A Clark

Where there’s love there’s no imposition

Albert Einstein

There are two great days in a person’s life – the day we are born and the day we discover why

William Barclay

You cannot think when you’re ecstatic

Antony Garrett Lisi

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are

Often we lose our identity trying to please or placate other

If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough

Albert Einstein

Equanimity rises when we accept the way things are

Jack Kornfield

He who conquers others is strong; he conquers himself is mighty

Lao Tzu

Two things prevent us from happiness – living in the past and observing others

You can say anything if enough people will listen

Chuck Palahniuk

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