Supererogatory Philosophy Quotes & Sayings

He was learning the rarity in a single life, of encountering true emotion. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Can you tell me where to find Tobias'? I ask. When I imagine his face, affection for him bubbles up inside of me and all I want to do is kiss him. 'Four, I mean. He's so handsome, isn't he? I don't really understand why he likes me so much. I'm not very nice, am I?'
-Tris — Veronica Roth

Growth is a process of experimentation, a series of trials, errors, and occasional victories. The failed experiments are as much as part of the process as the experiments that work. — Cherie Carter-Scott

Is there a cookie at the end of this lecture? ... I got a cookie after all ... Dear god, the cookie was poisoned. — Ilona Andrews

You all know watching, so there is no question of learning it. It is just a question of changing the object of watching. — Osho

Why is it so important for you to give back? I honestly feel like it's our responsibility as citizens of the world to ground ourselves in selflessness and all do our part. — Solange Knowles

What might once have been called whining is now exalted as a process of asserting selfhood; self-absorption is regarded as a form of self-expression ... — Wendy Kaminer

Wherever a choice has had to be made between the man of reason and the madman, the world has unhesitatingly followed the madman. For the madman appeals to what is fundamental, to passion and the instincts; the philosophers to what is superficial and supererogatory - reason. — Aldous Huxley

A lot of people write books not at the end of their career. Why you gotta wait until then? When you're momentum's going, that's when people really want to get to know about you. — David Ortiz

Darkness is a form of light. Remember that, before you ignite. — Ekta Daryani