Philosophy & Thought: Wisdom Quotes

"Teaching man his relatively small sphere in the creation, it also encourages him by its lessons of the unity of Nature and shows him that his power of comprehension allies him with the great intelligence over-reaching all"

Annie Jump Cannon, Scientist

"The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose"

Edward Coke, Businessman

"There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard"

Martin Scorsese, Director

"Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say"

Richard Whately, Writer

"The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there"

Robert M. Pirsig, Philosopher

"The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for them everything is possible"

Alexander Chase, Author

"What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful"

Vita Sackville-West, Novelist

"In these matters, the only certainty is that nothing is certain"

Pliny the Elder, Author

"The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned"

Antonio Gramsci, Politician

"Don't ever slam a door, you might want to go back"

Don Herold, Writer

"It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; it's the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time"

David Allan Coe, Musician

"If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace"

Gaston Bachelard, Philosopher

"Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them"

Carl Schurz, Revolutionary

"Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom"

Bernard De Voto, Writer

"Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and recommended by custom"

Robert Hall, Clergyman

"He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over"

Beilby Porteus, Clergyman

"People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within"

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Psychologist

"Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of ignorance"

William Gaddis, Novelist

"Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence"

Dorothy Dix, Journalist

"The man who never makes a mistake always takes orders from one who does. No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies"

Daisy Bates, Activist

"Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story"

John Barth, Novelist

"There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation"

James Nathan Miller, Writer

"What is fame? An empty bubble; Gold? A transient, shining trouble"

James Grainger, Poet

"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within"

Ariel Durant, Author

"While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection"

Amartya Sen, Philosopher

"Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher

"If a woman possesses manly virtues, one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them, she runs away from herself"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher

"The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray"

Oscar Wilde, Dramatist

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation"

Oscar Wilde, Dramatist

"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world"

Oscar Wilde, Dramatist

"Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

"Mind your speech a little, lest you should mar your fortunes"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

"Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?"

Voltaire, Writer

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first"

Mark Twain, Author

"Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get"

Mark Twain, Author

"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities"

Mark Twain, Author

"To see things in the seed, that is genius"

Lao Tzu, Author

"One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others"

Lao Tzu, Author

"He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty"

Lao Tzu, Author

"Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

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