“Knowing and feeling are two different things, and feeling is what counts.”
François Lelord book Hector and the Search for Happiness
Source: Hector and the Search for Happiness
Source: Mockingjay
“Knowing and feeling are two different things, and feeling is what counts.”
François Lelord book Hector and the Search for Happiness
Source: Hector and the Search for Happiness
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Aphorism (1937), p. 38
Attributed in posthumous publications, Albert Einstein: The Human Side (1979)
Context: Body and soul are not two different things, but only two different ways of perceiving the same thing. Similarly, physics and psychology are only different attempts to link our experiences together by way of systematic thought.
Peter Thiel (1967) American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and hedge fund manager
Source: ZERO to ONE
“Wanting and needing are two different things.”
Richelle Mead (1976) American writer
Source: Succubus Dreams
Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) Dutch philosopher
Original in German: Du weißt daß ich über die Sache selbst nicht deiner Meinung bin. Daß mir Spinozismus und Atheismus zweyerlei ist. Daß ich den Spinoza wenn ich ihn lese mir nur aus sich selbst erklären kann, und daß ich, ohne seine Vorstellungsart von Natur selbst zu haben, doch wenn die Rede wäre ein Buch anzugeben, das unter allen die ich kenne, am meisten mit der meinigen übereinkommt, die Ethik nennen müsste.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in one of his letters to Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, 1785
G - L, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Ramakrishna (1836–1886) Indian mystic and religious preacher
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 319
Context: The body was born and it will die. But for the soul there is no death. It is like the betel-nut. When the nut is ripe it does not stick to the shell. But when it is green it is difficult to separate it from the shell. After realizing God, one does not identify oneself any more with the body. Then one knows that body and soul are two different things.
Brian W. Aldiss (1925–2017) British science fiction author
Let's Be Frank (1957)
Context: It was extraordinary to be in two places at once, doing two different things — extraordinary, but not confusing. He merely had two bodies which were as integrated as his two hands had been.