Philosophy Quote by Ilyas Kassam — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“An over examination of life can deter you from life itself”

“I think to think. Not to be thought-full, or to reach a point of wisdom or acquire a grace of knowledge. I think for the sensuality of thought.”

“we are finite, in that we are a product and source of the infinite.”

“If you cannot find an element of Humour in something, your not taking it seriously enough.”

“An intelligent man is one who acknowledges his intelligence as that of those who surround him.”

“Logic in all its infinite potential, is the most dangerous of vices. For one can always find some form of logic to justify his action, and rest comfortably in the assurance, that what he did abides by reason. That is why, for us brittle beings, Intention is the only true weapon of peace.”

“Les hommes construisent trop de murs et pas assez de ponts.”

“Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.”

“Tell me something. Do you believe in God?'”

“✨ “Between logic and longing lies the heart’s truest memory — the kind that even time cannot erase.”

“The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.”

“Plato claimed that we were all joined to someone else once, we were humans with four arms and four legs, and a head of two faces, but we were so powerful we threatened to topple the Gods. So they split us from our sole mates down the middle, and doomed us to live forever without our counterparts”