Quotes
“Last year, I had a life-changing experience at 90 years old. I went to space, after decades of playing an iconic science-fiction character who was exploring the universe. I thought I would experience a deep connection with the immensity around us, a deep call for endless exploration.
"I was absolutely wrong. The strongest feeling, that dominated
... See more“A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because its trust is not on the branch but on its wings.”
Charlie Wardle
What made the hours pass like minutes when you were a child? Herein lies the key to your earthly pursuits.” — Carl Jung
“Our minds are hurt more often by overeating than by hunger.” — Petrarch
“We consume, as we produce, without any concrete relatedness to the objects with which we deal; We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them.”
— Erich Fromm , “The Sane Society”
Philosophors • The Wisdom Letter #054
If there is such a thing as human perfection, it seems to emerge precisely from how we handle the imperfection that is everywhere, especially our own. – Richard Rohr
“It is nothing to die; it is dreadful not to live.”
— Victor Hugo
Note by Philosophors on Substack
“The greatest trick the devil ever played was making you believe that the pessimists are the good guys.” – Packy McCormick