Thoughts and analysis of famous quotes.
Some time ago I came across the saying that you should help where you can. This short sentence may not look like much at first glance, but there is a lot behind it. Because often we refuse to help someone or with something because it would mean a, usually, minimal effort for us....
Dogen Zenji was a Japanese Buddhist monk and founder of the Soto School of Zen in the 13th century. He is considered one of the most influential Zen masters and his writings are still studied by Buddhists today. In this quote, Dogen says that what we think is good is not necessarily good. We must be careful not to allow...
The quote "The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory of overcoming it" is often attributed to Epicurus, although it is likely that he was paraphrasing Socrates. Regardless of who said it, there is much truth in these words. We all face difficulties in life, but it is the way we deal with...
We all know the saying "you can't fight fire with fire". But what if we could? What if, instead of fighting our feelings, we tried to understand them? Knowledge is power, after all. And that's exactly what the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza believed. In his Ethics, he wrote: "I can understand my...
You may have heard the age-old adage that "rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education." And maybe you know that it came from the ancient philosopher Chuang Tzu. But what does it mean exactly? To understand this quote, we must first understand the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation...
"Awareness is the first step to improvement" is a phrase you've probably heard hundreds of times, or even said yourself. Today's quote from Jordan B. Peterson is sort of a new version of this saying, but what all can we crystallize from this statement? "Become aware of your inadequacy." Jordan b. peterson Why....
Have you ever thought about how your opinions and tastes have changed over the years? It's natural for our views to change as we grow and have new experiences, but it's interesting to think about how much our views can change in such a short time. This quote from Lucretius...
You can certainly say a lot about Albert Camus, but what you can't say is that he didn't have passion. Anyone who has ever read a book by Camus will have noticed how passionately it is written, after all, you don't get a Nobel Prize in Literature just like that. "There is hardly passion without effort" Albert camus In what...
The knowledge of one's own mortality is the biggest difference between humans and all other living beings. Each of us knows that one day there will be no more new days for us. But what attitude should we take towards death? Should we hide in order to postpone the inevitable a little bit?...
In the following quote, Arthur Schopenhauer suggests that those who are less intelligent have a less mysterious view of existence: "The more unintelligent a person is, the less mysterious existence appears to him." Artuhr Schopenhauer By this he means that unintelligent people see the world as it is rather than trying to find a hidden...
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