"If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals."

-- Plato

#Philosophical Quotes

“The Internet is really our meeting place. We have this amazing listserv. Every time I log onto it I feel a sense of pride, because if you log on and say, "Oh I was just in San Diego and I was in a park and I saw a lion," the flurry of replies on average is just like--wow! All these existential questions about what it means to be an African, and never having seen a lion at home, but having seen a lion here. Everything you say turns into this real philosophical debate--it's incredible in so many ways. And it's an invigorating place to be.”
“I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.”
“No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.”
“Calisto, a companion of Ignatius, and who on recovering from a severe illness had heard of the imprisonment of Ignatius, hastened from Segnovia, where he was staying, and came to Alcala, that he, too, might be cast into prison.”
“I want to have more sex, travel more, drink more wine and love life.”

Source : “Leighton Meester, Zoë Saldana and Amanda Seyfried Cover-Shoot Photo Gallery” by Kimberly A.Daly, www.glamour.com. March 2, 2010.
“There's a word like overprotective to describe some parents, but no word that means the opposite. What word do you use to describe parents who don't protect enough? Underprotective? Neglectful? Self-involved? Lame? All of the above.”
“True knowledge is found only among those genuinely worshiping God.”

Source : John Cassian, Colm Luibhéid (1985). “Conferences”, p.169, Paulist Press
“There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage - in controlling something, period.”

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