Famous quotes by Philosophers

"It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money"

Albert Camus, Philosopher

"Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion"

Francis Bacon, Philosopher

"People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom"

Francis Bacon, Philosopher

"Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor"

Francis Bacon, Philosopher

"There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying"

Francis Bacon, Philosopher

"There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool"

Francis Bacon, Philosopher

"The worst men often give the best advice"

Francis Bacon, Philosopher

"War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it"

Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher

"Prevention is better than cure"

Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher

"In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king"

Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher

"Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly"

Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher

"Acting is happy agony"

Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher

"Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance"

Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher

"When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die"

Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher

"I hate victims who respect their executioners"

Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher

"The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it"

Karl Marx, Philosopher

"The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion"

Karl Marx, Philosopher

"The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs"

Karl Marx, Philosopher

"Too much and too little wine. Give him none; he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same"

Blaise Pascal, Philosopher

"The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts"

Blaise Pascal, Philosopher

"Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones"

Blaise Pascal, Philosopher

"All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone"

Blaise Pascal, Philosopher

"The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing"

Blaise Pascal, Philosopher

"Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere"

Blaise Pascal, Philosopher

"To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete"

Epictetus, Philosopher

"Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else"

Epictetus, Philosopher

"Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind"

Bertrand Russell, Philosopher

"A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short"

Bertrand Russell, Philosopher

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts"

Bertrand Russell, Philosopher

"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time"

Bertrand Russell, Philosopher

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