355 Quotes About Things

Between the name and the thing lies an abyss as wide as the universe.

Even with him, even with your great teacher, I prefer the thing over the words, place more importance on his acts and life than on his speeches, more on the gestures of his hand than his opinions. Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see greatness, only in his actions, in his life.

When you fill up your entire life with just things , this will be all you will be left with.

My interest in “issues” is merely to point out how badly we’re doing, not to suggest a way we might do better. Don’t confuse me with those who cling to hope. I enjoy describing how things are, I have no interest in low they “ought to be.

Two things I will forever be sure about. Gravity and how love pulls on my heart.

As I thin out my things and discuss what to do with what is left, I release the expectation that they must be passed down within my family. This openness and acceptance may potentially pave the way for less disputes and resentments in the future.

To mistake the name for the thing, that is the danger of philosophy.

Life energy exists in animate and inanimate things.

If you knew why God is keeping some people away from you, you wouldn’t be feeling the way you do, because God sees and hears things you don’t.