Quotes by Philosophers

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist. Epicurus

Death Long Longer Come Concern Because Does Exist Us Here

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. Francis Bacon

Man Revenge Own Wounds His Green Keeps

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies. Friedrich Nietzsche

Truth Dangerous Convictions Foes Lies More Than

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Positive Fault Everything Finding Sees Scholar Merit Learner Always Begins

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength. George Henry Lewes

Strength Weakness Insincerity Sincerity Always Error Even

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it. Plato

Injustice Made More Wretched He Than Who Ever Suffers

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown. Soren Kierkegaard

Patience Reap Immediately Sown Where Cannot Necessary

The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle. Swami Sivananda

Great Struggle Glorious Triumph More Demands Self-Realization Very Harder

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is. Albert Camus

Man Only He Refuses Creature

Nature does nothing in vain. Aristotle

Nature Nothing Vain Does

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest. Arthur Schopenhauer

Time Law Rest Past Other Side Distance Pendulum Must Finds Only Remain Point True Like Opinion Go Same Goes After Which Centre Certain Gravity

Know or listen to those who know. Baltasar Gracian

Motivational Those Know Listen Who

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are. Epictetus

Difficulties Person Show Things

Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche

Madness Rare Rule Individuals Parties Nations Ages Groups

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play. Immanuel Kant

Experience Mere Blind Without Intellectual Theory Play

Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end. Immanuel Kant

Recognize Individuals Always End Human Ends Them Means Use Your

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die. Jean-Paul Sartre

War Rich Wage Die Poor Who

Love is the missing factor; there is a lack of affection, of warmth in relationship; and because we lack that love, that tenderness, that generosity, that mercy in relationship, we escape into mass action, which produces further confusion, further misery. Jiddu Krishnamurti

Great acts are made up of small deeds. Lao Tzu

Great Made Small Up Deeds Acts

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses. Lao Tzu

Love Heart Love Is Strongest Attacks Head Simultaneously Passions Senses

Problems or successes, they all are the results of our own actions. Karma. The philosophy of action is that no one else is the giver of peace or happiness. One's own karma, one's own actions are responsible to come to bring either happiness or success or whatever. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them. Plato

Speak Men Live Believe Nobody May Thee Them Ill