Existentialism Vs Stoicism Quotes & Sayings

But what does the "greatest good" mean when it comes to medicine? Is it the number of lives saved? Years of life saved? Best "quality" years of life saved? Or something else? — Sheri Fink

It is a world of magic and mystery, of deep darkness and flickering starlight. It is a world where terrible things happen and wonderful things too. It is a world where goodness is pitted against evil, love against hate, order against chaos, in a great struggle where often it is hard to be sure who belongs to which side because appearances are endlessly deceptive. Yet for all its confusion and wildness, it is a world where the battle goes ultimately to the good, who live happily ever after, and where in the long run everybody, good and evil alike, becomes known by his true name ... That is the fairy tale of the Gospel with, of course, one crucial difference from all other fairy tales, which is that the claim made for it is that it is true, that it not only happened once upon a time but has kept on happening ever since and is happening still. — Frederick Buechner

This lost country composers do not actually remember, but each of them remains all his life somehow attuned to it; he is wild with joy when he is singing the airs of his native land, betrays it at times in his thirst for fame, but then, in seeking fame, turns his back upon it, and it is only when he despises it that he finds it when he utters, whatever the subject with which he is dealing, that peculiar strain the monotony of which - for whatever its subject it remains identical in itself - proves the permanence of the elements that compose his soul. — Marcel Proust

Communication is not about the sender or receiver; it's about the sending. And that's done with language. — Richard O'Barry

We have children because we want immortality and this is the most reliable way of getting it. — Woodrow Wyatt

I am not a supporter of the rhetoric of, 'Dear, dear, the toys have got lead paint.' If I had a manufacturer in China that allowed that to happen, I'd fire them instantly. — Jenny Shipley

It is impossible to disassociate language from science ... To call forth a concept, a word is needed. — Antoine Lavoisier

Understanding state is the key to understanding change and achieving excellence. Our behavior is the result of the state we're in. — Anthony Robbins

t can be eye-opening to think of some of the unrealistic expectations we hold ourselves to. These are the "shoulds" we set up in our lives which then become the breeding ground for embarrassment: I should never spill a drink; I should never lose my footing, even on slippery pavement; I should never misunderstand another person's behavior (the latter misunderstanding having constituted my "chrysalis crime.") — Toni Bernhard

There is no significance of God in my life, God is my life. I would not be, without God. I am supposed to be dead. — Danny Trejo

Because when I look at you and talk to you, all I think about is fucking. — Kristina Douglas

Woman are complex creatures. — Talib Kweli