What good is there in being blind, you ask? Well, maybe it’s to see the beauty on the inside without being vainly distracted, or superficially blinded, by the ugly on the outside.
Advanced technology does not always promise a more intelligent civilization. On the contrary, the more the common people rely on technology to do their thinking and solving for them, the less practice there is left for their own brains.
Music is not my life. My life is music.
When you’re appeasing too much, you might be egotistically over-estimating everyone’s need for your approval.
Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.
Love may be harder to find in some people, but when they do love you know it must be something marvelous.
The spirit of arrogance most definitely makes you shine. It paints a bright red target on your own forehead.
If you use a philosophy education well, you can get your foot in the door of any industry you please. Industries are like the blossoms on a tree while philosophy is the trunk – it holds the tree together, but it often goes unnoticed.
A rebel adult often seems like a glorious savior, whereas a rebel child often seems like a little devil.
It’s not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about.
A pure heart does not demean the spirit of an individual, it, instead, compels the individual to examine his spirit.
Beware: open-mindedness will often say, ‘Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion.’
Genius, throughout history, has been found difficult to classify because it varies in amount: It’s rare to find a genius in the context of the noun, but most people, if not all, have a bit of genius in them in the context of the adjective.
With too much pride a man cannot learn a thing. In and of itself, learning teaches you how foolish you are.
The only honorable, desirable kind of fear that shouldn’t be feared is the fear of harm on a loved one. It’s the kind of fear that leads to self-sacrifice and the kind of fear where you would truly jump in front of a bus to save another.
Oftentimes in reality, the genius is in the position of the antihero. Neither the good guys nor the bad guys really trust him because his truth is universal.
Those who stand for different causes during different generations often experience the same oppositions and the same difficulties as those of the previous and the next generations. That is the basis of history repeating itself.
An artistic perspective will jab at you from a different angle; its logic comes like a pitcher with a curveball.
We have better relationships with those who truly seek us rather than those sitting on the couch watching us move mountains trying to prove ourselves.
Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an excuse to be a fool.