23 ideas
7990 | Serene wisdom is freedom from ties, and indifference to fortune [Anon (Bhag)] |
16123 | Whenever you perceive a community of things, you should also hunt out differences in the group [Plato] |
7989 | Seek salvation in the wisdom of reason [Anon (Bhag)] |
16125 | To reveal a nature, divide down, and strip away what it has in common with other things [Plato] |
16124 | No one wants to define 'weaving' just for the sake of weaving [Plato] |
7996 | I am all the beauty and goodness of things, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
5961 | The soul gets its goodness from god, and its evil from previous existence. [Plato] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
7995 | In all living beings I am the light of consciousness, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |
283 | The question of whether or not to persuade comes before the science of persuasion [Plato] |
7999 | All actions come from: body, lower self, perception, means of action, or Fate [Anon (Bhag)] |
282 | Non-physical beauty can only be shown clearly by speech [Plato] |
7991 | Hate and lust have their roots in man's lower nature [Anon (Bhag)] |
281 | The arts produce good and beautiful things by preserving the mean [Plato] |
22559 | Democracy is the worst of good constitutions, but the best of bad constitutions [Plato, by Aristotle] |
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)] |
279 | Only divine things can always stay the same, and bodies are not like that [Plato] |
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)] |