Quotes on Life Philosophy

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.

The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in.

Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.

Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.

The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them.

The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back.

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

Life is a process of accumulation. We either accumulate the debt or the value, the regret or the equity.

The key to life is to become skillful enough to be able to do rewarding things.

Don't borrow someone else's plan. Develop your own philosophy and it will lead you to unique places.

A sound philosophy of life, I think, may be the most valuable asset for a psychiatrist to have when he is treating a patient.

Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.

For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy.

Anger and hatred are the real enemies that we must confront and defeat, not the 'enemies' who appear from time to time in our lives.

I plan to stand by nonviolence, because I have found it to be a philosophy of life that regulates not only my dealings in the struggle for racial justice, but also my dealings with people, and with my own self.