"What if we all suddenly get carried away thinking - who will be left to act?"

-- Andrei Platonov

#Thinking Quotes #What If Quotes

“There is a worry that many have expressed that, on the naturalistic way of approaching philosophical questions, philosophy will somehow be co-opted by science. I'm not much worried about this.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“The ethical decision is always the fearsome decision. When something matters enough that we are afraid of the consequences afraid that even the honorable choice could result in harm or loss or sorrow that's when ethics are involved.”

Source : "Stand for the Best: What I Learned after Leaving My Job as CEO". Book by Thomas M. Bloch, 2010.
“Flattery leads to vulgarity; the flatterer is despised.”
“The best friend a man can have is reading and writing, and the bad ones to avoid are Go and chess and flute and pipe.”
“You can't teach talent, but you can teach people how to read strenuously and mimic the moves of rock-star writers so that they eventually accumulate a toolbox of skills.”

Source : "The Infectious Benjamin Percy". Interview with Jennifer Sky, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 6, 2013.
“Even if there's a tiny tiny chance, isn't that worth going for it?”
“You would quit the Order for her? Niko asked, the youngest only behind Dante, and a warrior who relished his duty perhaps even more than Dante had himself. I would quit breathing for her, if she asked it of me.”
“A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.”

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