The widespread willingness to rely on thermonuclear bombs as the ultimate weapon displays a cavalier attitude toward death that has always puzzled me. My impression is that...most of the defenders of these weapons are not suitably horrified at the possibility of a war in which hundreds of millions of people would be killed...I suspect that an important factor may be belief in an afterlife, and that the proporttion of those who think that death is not the end is much higher among the partisans of the bomb than among its opponents.
Thomas NagelStichwörter: philosophy-of-life
The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
Marcus AureliusStichwörter: psychology spirituality roman philosophy-of-life
He shook his head pityingly. “This, more than anything else, is what I have never understood about your people. You can roll dice, and understand that the whole game may hinge on one turn of a die. You deal out cards, and say that all a man's fortune for the night may turn upon one hand. But a man's whole life, you sniff at, and say, what, this naught of a human, this fisherman, this carpenter, this thief, this cook, why, what can they do in the great wide world? And so you putter and sputter your lives away, like candles burning in a draft.”
“Not all men are destined for greatness,” I reminded him.
“Are you sure, Fitz? Are you sure? What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world? A sadder thing I cannot imagine. Why should not a mother say to herself, if I raise this child aright, if I love and care for her, she shall live a life that brings joy to those about her, and thus I have changed the world? Why should not the farmer that plants a seed say to his neighbor, this seed I plant today will feed someone, and that is how I change the world today?”
“This is philosophy, Fool. I have never had time to study such things.”
“No, Fitz, this is life. And no one has time not to think of such things. Each creature in the world should consider this thing, every moment of the heart's beating. Otherwise, what is the point of arising each day?
Stichwörter: fool reminding philosophy-of-life
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Henry KaiserStichwörter: philosophy-of-life
Be quick, be quiet, and be on time.
Clarence L. JohnsonStichwörter: philosophy-of-life
Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.
Lin YutangStichwörter: philosophy wise philosophy-of-life busy chinese-philosopher
Happiness for me is largely a matter of digestion.
Lin YutangStichwörter: happiness philosophy philosophy-of-life chinese-philosopher digestion
If one's bowels move, one is happy, and if they don't move, one is unhappy. That is all there is to it.
Lin YutangStichwörter: happiness philosophy-of-life chinese-philosopher
There is a certain proper and luxurious way of lying in bed. Confucius, that great artist of life, "never lay straight" in bed, "like a corpse", but always curled up on one side. I believe one of the greatest pleasures of life is to curl up one's legs in bed. The posture of the arms is also very important, in order to reach the greatest degree of aesthetic pleasure and mental power. I believe the best posture is not lying flat on the bed, but being upholstered with big soft pillows at an angle of thirty degrees with either one arm or both arms placed behind the back of one's head.
Lin YutangStichwörter: happiness philosophy sleeping bed philosophy-of-life confucius chinese-philosopher
When a traveler from the future must talk, he does not talk but whimpers. He whispers tortured sounds. He is agonized. For if he makes the slightest alteration in anything, he may destroy the future. At the same time, he is forced to witness events without being part of them, without changing them. He envies the people who live in their own time, who can act at will, oblivious of the future, ignorant of the effects of their actions. But he cannot act. He is an inert gas, a ghost, a sheet without soul. He has lost his personhood. He is an exile of time.
Alan LightmanStichwörter: time philosophy-of-life
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