Quotes by Philosophers

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. Plato
Government Wise Men Live Worse Punishment Take Part Refuse Which Who Suffer
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. Socrates
Life Good Good Life Valued Chiefly
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
Wisdom You Kind Find Poetry Poets Inspiration Prophets Write Deliver Instinct Knowing Messages Without Least Sublime Decided Mean Who
God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners. Soren Kierkegaard
God You Wonderful Nothing Say Out More He Sure Makes Does Still Saints Sinners Yes Creates
Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Mind Our Secure Security Becomes Tradition Decay
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
Cause Evil Others Case Only He His Accountable Person May Either Inaction Them Justly Actions Injury
The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile. Plato
Great Yourself Vile Victory First All Things Shameful Most Greatest Conquer Conquered Things
All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue. Plato
Enough Virtue Earth Give Exchange Gold Which
Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly. Plato
Great Better Great Deal Well Well Done Deal Than Done Which Little
No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance. Ramana Maharshi
Success Perseverance Those No-One Without Effort Owe Succeed Succeeds Who
The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived. Soren Kierkegaard
Life Beautiful Most Beautiful Will Seen About Highest Most Beautiful Things Read Nor Heard Lived Things
He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks. Sun Tzu
Army Win Will Ranks Spirit Throughout Animated He Same Whose
The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds. William James
History Change World Fear Result Past Sense Dissolve Our Minds Insane Slip System Willing Must See Perceive Seems Expand Working Belief Now Away Differently
The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants. Albert Camus
People Welfare Alibi Tyrants Particular Always Been
A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession. Albert Camus
Work Art Needs Confession Guilty Confess Conscience
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Bertrand Russell
Wisdom Fear Cruelty Beginning Superstition Main Main Source Source Sources Conquer
The word 'Christianity' is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross. Friedrich Nietzsche
Reality Word Christian Christianity Has-Been Cross Only He Misunderstanding Been Died
Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil. Friedrich Nietzsche
Love Good Good And Evil Evil Whatever Beyond Always Occurs Love Always Done
Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. Heraclitus
Man He Most Himself Child Achieves Seriousness Play Nearly
When you draw or paint a tree, you do not imitate the tree; you do not copy it exactly as it is, which would be mere photography. To be free to paint a tree or a flower or a sunset, you have to feel what it conveys to you: the significance, the meaning of it. Jiddu Krishnamurti
You Sunset Photography Free Flower Tree Imitate Draw Significance Would Would-Be Exactly Mere Feel Which Meaning Meaning Of Paint Copy
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. John Locke
Best Thoughts Thought Men Always Actions
If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve. Lao Tzu
You Change Try Achieve Will Nothing All Things Afraid Dying Hold Cannot Realize Things
If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence. Lao Tzu
You Intelligence First Beginning Must Would Give Take
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. Lao Tzu
Simplicity Few Embrace Reduce Selfishness Manifest Desires
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened. Lao Tzu
Wise Others He Himself Knows Who Enlightened
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Speak Must Silent Cannot Thereof
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