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“My philosophy is that the people around us are there doing as much work if not more work behind the scenes and they're the last people you would ever be unkind to, so I hope I'm not a diva off stage.”

People Ifs Philosophy Lasts Behinds Stage Scene Unkind Behind The Scenes

Author:Renee Fleming

“Like contemporary poetry, philosophy is one of those things, especially at the beginning stages, most people would rather do than study - which is why most of what gets done is so impoverished.”

People Done Philosophy Study Stage Contemporary

Author:Samuel R. Delany

“What we seek to do in Tantric Buddhism is to liquefy ourselves. Life will automatically bring us to the next stage. You don't really have to know where you're going - It's like breathing.”

Knows Philosophy Next Stage Buddhism Breathing

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Truth travels down from the heights of philosophy to the humblest walks of life, and up from the simplest perceptions of an awakened intellect to the discoveries which almost change the face of the world. At every stage of its progress it is genial, luminous, creative.”

World Philosophy Truth Faces Walks Creative Progress Stage Perception Discovery Intellect Height Simplest Awakened Luminous Walks Of Life

Book:Importance of Practical Education and Useful Knowledge: Being a Selection from His Orations and Other Discourses

Source: Importance of Practical Education and Useful Knowledge: Being a Selection from His Orations and Other Discourses

“The world was to Shakespeare a great stage of fools on which he was utterly bewildered. His pregnant observations of life are not coordinated into any philosophy.”

World Philosophy Stage Fool Observation Pregnant Bewildered

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“It's been a long time since I've stood on a stage in London. Was about 14 or 15 years ago, I was 60 years old, just a kid with a crazy dream. Since then I've taken a lot of Prozac, Paxil, Wellbutrin, Effexor, Ritalin, Focalin. I've also studied deeply in the philosophies and the religions, but cheerfulness kept breaking through.”

Years Long Philosophy Dream Kids Taken Crazy Stage Long Time Years Ago London Cheerfulness Prozac Ritalin

Author:Leonard Cohen