Quotes by Philosophers

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist. Lysander Spooner

Government Constitution Has-Been One Thing Case Prevent Had Powerless Another Been Exist Authorized Unfit Whether Either Much Really Certain Thing

There exists only the present instant... a Now which always and without end is itself new. There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now, as it was a thousand years ago and as it will be a thousand years hence. Meister Eckhart

Friendship is one mind in two bodies. Mencius

Friendship Mind Bodies Two

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy. Montesquieu

Democracy Dangerous Welfare Tyranny Citizen Prince Public Apathy Public Welfare Oligarchy

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. Plato

Man First Noblest Himself Victories Conquer

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others. Plato

Love Great Own Others Those Neither Only Becoming Nor Intend Done Just Happens Whether Themselves Should Who Things

You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean. Alan Watts

You Ocean Universe Wave Physical Continuous Much

I owe my solitude to other people. Alan Watts

Solitude People Other Owe

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command. Alan Watts

Love You Love Is Ours Pretend Never Feel Command Which Actually

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind. Albert Camus

Mind Sign Vulgar Right Need

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. Aristotle

Religion Other Apprehensive Side Consider Tyrant Ruler Easily Must Uncommon He Put Devotion Him His Hand Subjects Pious Gods Move Against Less Illegal Appearance Whom Believing Treatment

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. Aristotle

People Tyrant Both Arms Mistrust Them Deprive Therefore

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. Baruch Spinoza

War Confidence Justice Peace Mind Disposition State Virtue Benevolence Absence

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him? Blaise Pascal

War Me Man Other Side Mine Ruler Though River He Him Stupider Because Quarrel His Than Anything Lives Right

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator. Confucius

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others. Diogenes

Wine Others Drink Like Most Belongs

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope. Epictetus

Life Hope Brainy Our Anchor Ship Should

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide? Jean-Jacques Rousseau