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“He who is a philosopher or lover of learning, and is entirely pure at departing, is alone permitted to reach the gods. And this is the reason, Simmias and Cebes, why the true votaries of philosophy abstain from all fleshly lusts, and endure and refuse to give themselves up to them—not because they fear poverty or ruin of their families, like the lovers of money, and the world in general; nor like the lovers of power and honor, because they dread the dishonor or disgrace of evil deeds.”
The Trials Of Socrates • Plato“ “Each year the US population spends more money on diets than the amount needed to feed all the hungry people in the rest of the world.””
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind • Yuval Noah Harari“Meditation on any theme, if positive and honest, inevitably separates him who does the meditating from the opinion prevailing around him, from that which … can be called “public” or “popular” opinion.”
What is Philosophy? • Jose Ortega y Gasset““The universe tended towards chaos and entropy. That was basic thermodynamics. Maybe it was basic existence too.””
Midnight Library • Matt Haig“That which comes after ever conforms to that which has gone before.”
Book IV • Marcus Aurelius