27 ideas
7990 | Serene wisdom is freedom from ties, and indifference to fortune [Anon (Bhag)] |
7989 | Seek salvation in the wisdom of reason [Anon (Bhag)] |
6675 | The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing [Pascal] |
7996 | I am all the beauty and goodness of things, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
22011 | The first principles of truth are not rational, but are known by the heart [Pascal] |
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |
7995 | In all living beings I am the light of consciousness, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
6681 | We only want to know things so that we can talk about them [Pascal] |
7999 | All actions come from: body, lower self, perception, means of action, or Fate [Anon (Bhag)] |
6676 | Painting makes us admire things of which we do not admire the originals [Pascal] |
7991 | Hate and lust have their roots in man's lower nature [Anon (Bhag)] |
6680 | It is a funny sort of justice whose limits are marked by a river [Pascal] |
6677 | Imagination creates beauty, justice and happiness, which is the supreme good [Pascal] |
6678 | We live for the past or future, and so are never happy in the present [Pascal] |
20732 | If man considers himself as lost and imprisoned in the universe, he will be terrified [Pascal] |
6682 | Majority opinion is visible and authoritative, although not very clever [Pascal] |
6679 | It is not good to be too free [Pascal] |
7988 | There is no greater good for a warrior than to fight in a just war [Anon (Bhag)] |
7992 | The visible forms of nature are earth, water, fire, air, ether; mind, reason, and the sense of 'I' [Anon (Bhag)] |
7994 | Everything, including the gods, comes from me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
7455 | Pascal knows you can't force belief, but you can make it much more probable [Pascal, by Hacking] |
7457 | Pascal is right, but relies on the unsupported claim of a half as the chance of God's existence [Hacking on Pascal] |
7456 | The libertine would lose a life of enjoyable sin if he chose the cloisters [Hacking on Pascal] |
6684 | If you win the wager on God's existence you win everything, if you lose you lose nothing [Pascal] |
7993 | Brahman is supreme, Atman his spirit in man, and Karma is the force of creation [Anon (Bhag)] |
7997 | Only by love can men see me, know me, and come to me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
7998 | The three gates of hell are lust, anger and greed [Anon (Bhag)] |