Famous quotes by Philosophers

"Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays"

Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher

Søren Kierkegaard

"If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe"

Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher

Søren Kierkegaard

"How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech"

Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher

Søren Kierkegaard

"By all evidence, we are in the world to do nothing"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

Emile M. Cioran

"Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished"

Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher

Jeremy Bentham

"It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual"

Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher

Jeremy Bentham

"He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn"

Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher

Jeremy Bentham

"The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but lest, by a lie, it should persuade itself that it is not hungry"

Simone Weil, Philosopher

Simone Weil

"A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves"

Simone Weil, Philosopher

Simone Weil

"No man is hurt but by himself"

Diogenes of Sinope, Philosopher

Diogenes of Sinope

"The mob is the mother of tyrants"

Diogenes of Sinope, Philosopher

Diogenes of Sinope

"The great thieves lead away the little thief"

Diogenes of Sinope, Philosopher

Diogenes of Sinope

"Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad"

Diogenes of Sinope, Philosopher

Diogenes of Sinope

"I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance"

Diogenes of Sinope, Philosopher

Diogenes of Sinope

"Blushing is the color of virtue"

Diogenes of Sinope, Philosopher

Diogenes of Sinope

"New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without anyother reason but because they are not already common"

John Locke, Philosopher

John Locke

"Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him"

John Locke, Philosopher

John Locke

"The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it - and sometimes three"

Heraclitus, Philosopher

Heraclitus

"Much learning does not teach understanding"

Heraclitus, Philosopher

Heraclitus

"To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God"

Meister Eckhart, Philosopher

Meister Eckhart

"Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another"

John Dewey, Philosopher

John Dewey

"The task of art today is to bring chaos into order"

Theodor Adorno, Philosopher

Theodor Adorno

"I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome"

Epicurus, Philosopher

"Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices"

Theodor Adorno, Philosopher

Theodor Adorno

"All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay, which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire"

Theodor Adorno, Philosopher

Theodor Adorno

"The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future"

Herbert Spencer, Philosopher

Herbert Spencer

"Love is life's end, but never ending. Love is life's wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love's life's reward, rewarded in rewarding"

Herbert Spencer, Philosopher

Herbert Spencer

"Government is essentially immoral"

Herbert Spencer, Philosopher

Herbert Spencer

"The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship"

Herbert Spencer, Philosopher

Herbert Spencer

"A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push"

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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