#philosophyoflife

Belief Over Will

The greatest disorder of the mind is to let will direct belief. —Louis Pasteur

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. —Bertrand Russell

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. —Plato

Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame. —Buddha

Why do you so earnestly seek the truth in distant places? Look for delusion and truth in the bottom of your own hearts. —Ryokan

Expectation is the only seed of disappointment. —Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect intended us to forgo their use. —Galileo

Even if things don’t unfold the way you expected, don’t be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end. —Daisaku Ikeda

The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible today. —Charles W. Eliot

I love to go and see all the things I am happy without. —Socrates