Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel...You are called in to help the unhappy.
Quotes to Explore
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I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.
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With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
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My philosophy is to be me.
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Science is global. Einstein's equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it. Science does not differentiate between multiple races.
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Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze. But the book cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and read the letters in which it is composed.
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I like to cook with the philosophy of using great ingredients and not altering them too much.
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I am particularly interested in helping to heal women who have a fistula after their pregnancies.
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I suppose, if helping a patient die is killing, I suppose I'm a killer.
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I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.
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I have the legacy of my father and his nocturnal automatic waking up. But I like those periods. I immediately have a different vision of humanity and my life.
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A realistic view of humanity will stop the proliferation of impossible injunctions.
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I am utterly convinced that Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War, that nations will eventually unite not to destroy but to edify, and that the future will belong to those who have done the most for the sake of suffering humanity.
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Kids born today will see us navigate past the first greatest test of humanity, which is: can we actually be smart enough to live on a planet without destroying it?
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The great moral teachers of humanity were, in a way, artistic geniuses in the art of living.
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The movement for black lives isn't just about black people. Black liberation has never just been about black people. It's been about a fight for our humanity, for our dignity.
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We're all different; we all have our ways of understanding ourselves and the way we live our lives and struggle with our humanity.
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The future of humanity is going to bifurcate in two directions: Either it's going to become multiplanetary, or it's going to remain confined to one planet and eventually there's going to be an extinction event.
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When our commitment is diminished for any reason, part of the solution is repentance. Commitment and repentance are closely intertwined.
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Many dancers are content with the repertoire they're given. Others are dissatisfied but don't know why. Then there are a few like me that are curious and grab at everything. Can that curiosity thrive in the ballet world, or should it exist elsewhere? That's the eternal question.
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Those who deplore our militants, who exhort patience in the name of a false peace, are in fact supporting segregation and exploitation. They would have social peace at the expense of social and racial justice. They are more concerned with easing racial tension than enforcing racial democracy.
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Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel...You are called in to help the unhappy.
