Yeah, but everybody's a jerk. You, me, this jerk. That's my philosophy.
— Stick with the truth and you can't get hurt. Always been my philosophy.
— You didn't sleep with her, did you?
— God, no. Philosophy is tricky.
I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.
The pathetic–ridiculous–attempts which people undertake to try to understand nature are typically termed philosophy. The results of such attempts are also considered philosophy. It’s as though a cabbage tried to investigate the causes and effects of its existence, called the result of these reflections “an eternal and mysterious conflict between head and root".
The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.
The purpose of philosophy is not to help men find the meaning of life, but to prove them that there isn't any.
Sofia Sartor:
You mentioned a creed before. What is it?
Ezio Auditore Da Firenze:
Nothing is true, everything is permitted.
Sofia Sartor:
That is rather cynical.
Ezio Auditore Da Firenze:
It would be if it were doctrine. But it is merely an observation on the nature of reality. To say that nothing is true is to realise that the foundations of society are fragile and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization. To say that everything is permitted is to understand that we are the architects of our actions and that we must live with our consequences, whether glorious or tragic.
Let me give you all a piece of advice. Steer very clear of anyone who has even the faintest, slightest whip of intentional conception.
Once you change your philosophy, you change your thought pattern. Once you change your thought pattern, you change your — your attitude. Once you change your attitude, it changes your behavior pattern and then you go on into some action.
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