Philosophical Sayings
483 sayings found from the Modern era
To gain your own voice, forget about having it heard. Become a saint of your own province and your own consciousness.
Our heads are round so thought can change direction.
Poetry is the record of individual insights into the secret soul of the individual and because all individuals are one in the eyes of their creator, into the soul of the world. The world has a soul.
Concentrate on what you want to say to yourself and your friends. Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness. You say what you want to say when you don't care who's listening.
The problem was always to break down the barrier between the public and the private. Authoritarian governments thrive on secrecy, blackmail, and intimidation. If poetry can include our actual lives and reveal the secrets of how we live, that would be…
Who can live with this Consciousness and not wake frightened at sunrise?
I believe that we are put here in human form to decipher the hieroglyphs of love and suffering. And, there is no degree of love or intensity of feeling that does not bring with it the possibility of a crippling hurt. But, it is a duty to take that ri…
None of us understand what we're doing, but we do beautiful things anyway.
When you notice something clearly and see it vividly, it then becomes sacred.
You are what you think about all day.
The suffering itself is not so bad; it's the resentment against suffering that is the real pain.
Which way will the sunflower turn surrounded by millions of suns?
The message is: Widen the area of consciousness.
Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman's an angel!
Poets are damned… but see with the eyes of angels.
The fact to which we have got to cling, as to a lifebelt, is that it is possible to be a normal decent person and yet be fully alive.
No rest without love, No sleep without dreams of love – be mad or chill obsessed with angels or machines the final wish is love.
Love is key to an exciting life and the moment you leave the world of love, you lose the best life.
The most important thing about dreams is the existence in them of magical emotions, to which waking consciousness is not ordinarily sentient. Awe of vast constructions; familiar eternal halls of buildings; sexual intensity in rapport; deathly music; …
What if someone gave a war and Nobody came?