Famous quotes by Philosophers

"I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing"

Socrates, Philosopher

"From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate"

Socrates, Philosopher

"Beauty is a short-lived tyranny"

Socrates, Philosopher

"An honest man is always a child"

Socrates, Philosopher

"Any landscape is a condition of the spirit"

Henri Frederic Amiel, Philosopher

"The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret"

Henri Frederic Amiel, Philosopher

"Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not"

Henri Frederic Amiel, Philosopher

"Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library"

Henri Frederic Amiel, Philosopher

"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life"

Immanuel Kant, Philosopher

"Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called, and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men"

John Stuart Mill, Philosopher

"There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home"

John Stuart Mill, Philosopher

"That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time"

John Stuart Mill, Philosopher

"We are kept from our goal not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal"

Robert Brault, Philosopher

"You can spend too much time wondering which of identical twins is the more alike"

Robert Brault, Philosopher

"Perception is a clash of mind and eye, the eye believing what it sees, the mind seeing what it believes"

Robert Brault, Philosopher

"The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions"

Robert Brault, Philosopher

"Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others"

George Santayana, Philosopher

"To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring"

George Santayana, Philosopher

"With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy"

Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher

"The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity"

Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher

"Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people"

Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident"

Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher

"The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man"

Sun Tzu, Philosopher

"Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge"

Sun Tzu, Philosopher

"Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories"

Sun Tzu, Philosopher

"The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life, and just as only great souls are exposed to passions, it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo"