Quotes by Philosophers

I saw that philosophy had no power to make my life more bearable. Thus I lost my belief in philosophy. Emil Cioran
Life My Life Power Lost Saw Philosophy More Bearable Had Thus Make Belief
We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral. Epictetus
Lying Tell Easy Immoral Lies Show
Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed. Epictetus
Religion Will Same Thing Our Unless Sacrificed Always Same Place Thing Treasure
As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If they once understand themselves the ruling men will be lost. Ernest Renan
Reflection Will Men Lost Imbeciles Heroism Once Rule Ruling Maintain Thus Mass Understand Due Lack Themselves Necessary
The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress. Ernest Renan
Freedom Progress Liberty Individual Human Human Progress Necessary
He whom God has touched will always be a being apart: he is, whatever he may do, a stranger among men; he is marked by a sign. Ernest Renan
God Will Men Whatever Marked Sign Touched He Always May Being Apart Stranger Whom Among
Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people. Ernest Renan
Truth Great Religion People Instinctive Error Sensed Popular Expressed By The People
Man makes holy what he believes. Ernest Renan
Man He Makes Holy Believes
In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact. Ernest Renan
Truth Truth Is World Value Sentiment Morals Only Fact Attains Mere Prized Little Realized Full
You may take great comfort from the fact that suffering inwardly for the sake of truth proves abundantly that one loves it and marks one out as being of the elect. Ernest Renan
Truth Great You Suffering Marks Out Fact Take Abundant Inwardly Comfort Sake Proves May Being Loves Elect
He grows daily more capable of following any inspiration without technical effort, and also of letting inspiration come to him through meticulous observation. Eugen Herrigel
Daily Following More Inspiration Through Observation He Come Also Him Without Meticulous Effort Any Capable Technical Letting Grows
Assuming that his talent can survive the increasing strain, there is one scarcely avoidable danger that lies ahead of the pupil on his road to mastery. Eugen Herrigel
Assuming Increasing Danger Pupil Lies Scarcely Road Talent Mastery His Survive Strain
The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil. F. H. Bradley
Best World Evil Worlds Everything Possible Necessary Necessary Evil
It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, become uninteresting. Yet so it may happen that those who need sympathy the most often attract it the least. F. H. Bradley
Nature Wise Change Become Sympathy Those No-One Economy Most Attract Without Least May Often Happen Help Uninteresting Who Whom Suffer Need
The mood in which my book was conceived and executed, was in fact to some extent a passing one. F. H. Bradley
Book Mood Some Fact Conceived Executed Passing In Fact Which Extent
The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care. F. H. Bradley
Man Fear Care Who
People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. Francis Bacon
Learning People Speak Think Generally Opinions According Custom Ingrained Act
Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy. Francis Bacon
Life Age Happy Miserable Moment
A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open. Francis Bacon
Man Lay Open Him Surprise Question Times Unexpected Doth Many Bold Sudden
Knowledge and human power are synonymous. Francis Bacon
Knowledge Power Synonymous Human Human Power
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self. Francis Bacon
Man Strange Liberty Power Lose Others Seek Self Over Desire
As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time. Francis Bacon
Time First Living Innovations Which Creatures Living Creatures
The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied. Francis Bacon
Happy Sees Nobody Makes Person Which Fortune
Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Francis Bacon
Beauty Itself Infinite Sensible Image
Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice. Francis Bacon
Religion Justice Care Promote Next Your
The place of justice is a hallowed place. Francis Bacon
Justice Hallowed Place
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