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“Let us be sad; it is feeling that makes us human.”

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Ming-Dao Deng is an author known for his works in the field of philosophy and spirituality. Born in 1954, he has made significant contributions to the understanding of Eastern and Western thought, blending both in his writing. His books often explore the intersection of personal growth, mindfulness, and the pursuit of a meaningful life. more

“Those who are accustomed to judge by feeling do not understand the process of reasoning, because they want to comprehend at a glance and are not used to seeking for first principles. Those, on the other hand, who are accustomed to reason from first principles do not understand matters of feeling at all, because they look for first principles and are unable to comprehend at a glance.”

Want Firsts Looks Matter Reason Feelings Hands Used Process Understanding Principles Judging Mathematics Seeking Math Mathematical Reasoning Glances Accustomed

Author:Blaise Pascal

“If a philosophy is to bring happiness it should be inspired by kindly feelings. Marx pretended that he wanted the happiness of the proletariat; what he really wanted was the unhappiness of the bourgeois.”

Ifs Should Philosophy Feelings Inspiration Wanted Inspired Unhappiness Bourgeois Proletariat Be Inspired

Author:Bertrand Russell

“Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard - both as regards the monuments and the inscriptions. Scarcely a word of true poetry anywhere.”

Feelings Taste Regard Monument Inscriptions True Feelings

Book:Letters of Benjamin Jowett

Source: Letters of Benjamin Jowett

“It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.”

Men Firsts Feelings Wonder

Book:Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study

Source: Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study

“The thrill of creation which we experience which we experience when we see a masterpiece is not unlike the feeling of the artist who created it; such a work is a fragment of the world which he has annexed and which belongs to him alone.”

World Feelings Artist Creation Thrill Masterpiece Fragments

Author:Andre Malraux

“SATIETY, n. The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam.”

Feelings Food Cooking Culinary Plates Satiety

Book:The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

“PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes learned, frequently prosperous, commonly clean and always solemn.”

Mind Sometimes Feelings Learning Environment Fashion Creatures Clean Following Sentiments Prosperous Solemn Philistines

Book:The Devil's Dictionary

Source: The Devil's Dictionary

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