Posted by: Silvana Stremiz
Philosophy is a battle against the deceit of our intelligence by means of the meaning of language.
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Philosophy is a battle against the deceit of our intelligence by means of the meaning of language.
Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. It seems that they are very beautiful. And if not the butterflies and the caterpillars who will call upon me?
If someone loves a flower of which just one example exists among all the millions and millions of stars, that's enough to make him happy when he looks at the stars.
Technology doesn't keep man far from nature's problems, but it makes him study it more accurately.
Love does not look in the eye, but looking together toward the same goal.
Every man should look within himself to learn the meaning of life. It is not something that is discovered: it's something that must be modelled.
You can't see properly but with the heart. Essential things are invisible to the eyes.
Transport of post, transport of human voice, transport of trembling images. In this century, as in others, our greatest hallmarks of progress have had the only end of putting people in contact.
My life is very monotonous. I run after the chickens; the men run after me. All the chickens are the same, and all the men are the same. Consequently, I get a little bored. but if you tame me, my days will be as if filled with sunlight. I shall know a sound of footstep different from all the rest. Other steps make me run to earth. Yours will call me out of my foxhole like music. And besides, look over there! You see the fields of corn ? Well, I don't eat bread. Corn is of no use for me. Corn fields remind me of nothing. Which is sad! On the other hand, your hair is the colour of gold. So think how wonderful it will be when you have tamed me. The corn, which is golden, will remind me you. And I shall come to love the sound of the wind in the field of corn... Said the wolf: here is my secret. It's very simple: I don't see well but with the heart. The essential is invisible to the eyes.
Men cultivate 5000 roses in the same garden... and they never find what they're looking for... and yet what they're looking for can only be found in a single rose or in some water. But the eyes are blind. You must search with the heart!