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🏺 Philosophy
“To be is to be perceived.”
Berkeley radically ties existence itself to the act of being perceived.
“To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi).”
— George Berkeley
“One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works.”
— Meister Eckhart
“I exist as I am, that is enough.”
— Walt Whitman
“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple.”
— Alan Watts
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
— Edith Wharton
“If you want to be happy, be.”
— Leo Tolstoy
“There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
“Oh happiness! Our being end and aim! Good, pleasure, ease, content! Whatever thy name.”
— Alexander Pope
“What we know matters but who we are matters more.”
— Brene Brown