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Remember that philosophy is not simply something you do but something you are. ^{Diogenes (25)}

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No philosopher ever got away with merely being intelligent. You have to be immoral first and foremost. All the great thinkers were thoroughly sordid. ^{Diogenes (25)}

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Philosophers don't philosophise. They make a choice to live or die. ^{Diogenes (25)}

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As a philosopher you should guard against emotions getting the better of you; especially the emotion of letting emotion get the better of you..... ^{Diogenes (25)}

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There's a conscious difference between non-attachment and going with the flow. ^{kellyjones00 (593)}

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Remember - a zebra never changes its spots. ^{Spud (21)}

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Remember that philosophers are not born, they are made - at birth. ^{Diogenes (25)}

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If you have to ask what it takes to do philosophy, you don't have what it takes to do philosophy. ^{Diogenes (25)}

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If happiness came from truth, I’d write a syllogism. ^{Trevor Salyzyn (1)}

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Philosophy is not something you do amongst a group of like-minded others; you do it alone and alone before others, and without their permission. ^{kellyjones00 (593)}

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A little closer can change the story and appearance ^{Prince nwaigwe (9)}

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Men of great philosopy are born for it and they makes it their air which they take in ^{Prince nwaigwe (9)}

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Don't be too hasty in conclusion because the next second can give a better result ^{Prince nwaigwe (9)}

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The Middle Way is not meant as balance. It is not meant as avoiding or combining extremes like being happy / sympathetic with being cranky, afraid, or depressed. It is not meant as avoiding logical distinctions via a fuzzy uncertainty.

The Middle Way is the logical result of not believing that distinctions and boundaries are inherent in reality. One doesn't take positions as if they're real and fixed. ^{kellyjones00 (593)}

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