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Quotes of Philosophers
"Wit is educated insolence."
Aristotle, (384BC-322BC) Greek writer, philosopher and scientist
"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral."
Saint Antoine de Exupery
"Many people believe that humility is the opposite of pride, when, in fact, it is a point of equilibrium. The opposite of pride is actually a lack of self esteem. A humble person is totally different from a person who cannot recognize and appreciate himself as part of this worlds marvels."
Rabino Nilton Bonder
"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."
William James, American psychologist and philosopher
"Prayer is not a substitute for work, thinking, watching, suffering, or giving; prayer is a support for all other efforts."
George Buttrick
"To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge."
Phillips Brooks
Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
Lao Tzu Father of Taoism and contemporary of Confucius
"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."
Naguib, Mahfouz
"In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action."
Aristotle (384BC-322BC) Greek writer, philosopher "Nicomachen Ethics"
"They are able because they think they are able."
Vergil (70-19 B.C.) Aeneid
No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.
Robert Burton (1577-1640) - English clergyman
"Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
Rev. Denny Brake
"Our present addiction to pollsters and forecasters is a symptom of our chronic uncertainty about the future.... We watch our experts read the entrails of statistical tables and graphs the way the ancients watched their soothsayers read the entrails of a chicken."
Eric Hoffer, American philosopher (1902-1983).
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
Crowfoot, Blackfoot warrior and orator
"Once what you are living and what you are doing has for you meaning, it is irrelevant whether you are happy or unhappy. You are content. You are not alone in your spirit. You belong."
Sir Laurens van der Post (1906 - 1996) Explorer, writer and philosopher
"All men by nature desire to know."
Aristotle, (384BC-322BC) Greek writer, philosopher and scientist
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
Aristotle, (384BC-322BC) Greek writer, philosopher and scientist
"Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated."
George Santayana (1863-1952) US philosopher, author, educator, poet
"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind."
Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)
"Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way...you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions."
Aristotle, (384BC-322BC) Greek writer, philosopher and scientist
What upsets me is not that you lied to me, but that from now on I can no longer believe you.
Nietzsche German philosopher
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
Seneca
"Open-mindedness is not the same as empty-mindedness. To hang out a sign saying, `Come right in; there is no one at home' is not the equivalent of hospitality."
John Dewey American philosopher and educator (1859-1952)
"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher."
Socrates
"Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes."
Antisthenes, Greek philosopher
"My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake."
Aristotle, (384BC-322BC) Greek writer, philosopher and scientist
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
William James American philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)
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