Famous quotes by Philosophers

"Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different"

William James, Philosopher

"Wisdom is learning what to overlook"

William James, Philosopher

"There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers"

William James, Philosopher

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second"

William James, Philosopher

"Man can alter his life by altering his thinking"

William James, Philosopher

"Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind"

William James, Philosopher

"Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible"

William James, Philosopher

"Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test"

William James, Philosopher

"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing"

William James, Philosopher

"A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him"

William James, Philosopher

"Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us"

Socrates, Philosopher

"Let him that would move the world first move himself"

Socrates, Philosopher

"If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it"

Socrates, Philosopher

"I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance"

Socrates, Philosopher

"I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean"

Socrates, Philosopher

"He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy"

Socrates, Philosopher

"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil"

Socrates, Philosopher

"Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind"

Socrates, Philosopher

"Be as you wish to seem"

Socrates, Philosopher

"As for me, all I know is that I know nothing"

Socrates, Philosopher

"The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes"

John Stuart Mill, Philosopher

"In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny"

John Stuart Mill, Philosopher

"A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury"

John Stuart Mill, Philosopher

"A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life"

John Stuart Mill, Philosopher

"What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs"

John Stuart Mill, Philosopher

"We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still"

John Stuart Mill, Philosopher

"The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself"

John Stuart Mill, Philosopher

"One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests"

John Stuart Mill, Philosopher

"Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure"

John Stuart Mill, Philosopher

"Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me"

Immanuel Kant, Philosopher

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