Philosophy & Thought: Wisdom Quotes

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"Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions"

Joseph Conrad, Novelist

Joseph Conrad

"There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before"

Willa Cather, Author

Willa Cather

"A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world"

Nathaniel Hawthorne, Novelist

Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating"

Charlie Kaufman, Screenwriter

"Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has"

Alphonse Karr, Critic

"A thief believes everybody steals"

Edward W. Howe, Writer

"We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind"

John Robert Seeley, Writer

"It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins"

Jerome Cady, Screenwriter

"Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor"

Sholom Aleichem, Writer

"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher

Friedrich Nietzsche

"Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power"

Lao Tzu, Author

"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid"

Benjamin Franklin, Politician

Benjamin Franklin

"He that speaks much, is much mistaken"

Benjamin Franklin, Politician

Benjamin Franklin

"The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them needs religion"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us"

Winston Churchill, Statesman

Winston Churchill

"We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired to glory"

Cicero, Philosopher

Cicero

"There was never a genius without a tincture of madness"

Aristotle, Philosopher

Aristotle

"Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them"

Anthony J. D'Angelo, Author

Anthony J. D'Angelo

"Listen to your intuition. It will tell you everything you need to know"

Anthony J. D'Angelo, Author

Anthony J. D'Angelo

"Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes"

Henry David Thoreau, Author

Henry David Thoreau

"To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven"

J.B. Priestley, Writer

J.B. Priestley

"Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference"

Albert Camus, Philosopher

Albert Camus

"The fool wonders, the wise man asks"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

Benjamin Disraeli

"A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt"

Aldous Huxley, Novelist

Aldous Huxley

"A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins!"

Lord Byron, Poet

Lord Byron

"To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger"

James A. Baldwin, Author

James A. Baldwin

"In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king"

Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher

Desiderius Erasmus

"Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit"

Elbert Hubbard, Writer

Elbert Hubbard

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt"

Samuel Johnson, Author

Samuel Johnson

"A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still"

Samuel Johnson, Author

Samuel Johnson

"In conversation, humor is worth more than wit, and easiness more than knowledge"

George Herbert, Poet

George Herbert

"The ego is not master in its own house"

Sigmund Freud, Psychologist

Sigmund Freud

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

Marcus Aurelius

"If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides"

Charles de Montesquieu, Philosopher

Charles de Montesquieu

"Appearance rules the world"

Friedrich Schiller, Dramatist

Friedrich Schiller

"When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him"

Jonathan Swift, Writer

Jonathan Swift

"You can learn from anyone, even your enemy"

Ovid, Poet

Ovid

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