Quotes by Philosophers

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other. Desiderius Erasmus
Reality People World Face Some People Live Other Those Dream Dream World Some Face Reality Turn Then Who
When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man. Diogenes
Man Science Men Nothing Philosophers Prophets Priests Wisest Look Contemptible Beings
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. Epictetus
Happiness Man Depend Live Philosophy Possible Shall His Essence Little Should Things External External Things
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. Epictetus
You Yourself First Say Would Would-Be Then
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. Epictetus
Men Disturbed Take Which Them View Things
The future influences the present just as much as the past. Friedrich Nietzsche
Future Past Just Just As Much Influences Much Present
After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands. Friedrich Nietzsche
Man Must Religious Religious Man Contact Feel Always Coming Hands After Wash
Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day. Friedrich Nietzsche
Art Day Sleeping All Day Must Stay Sake Mean Awake
A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love. Friedrich Nietzsche
Love Sometimes Powerful Cure Person Pair Spectacles
Life is an unfoldment, and the further we travel the more truth we can comprehend. To understand the things that are at our door is the best preparation for understanding those that lie beyond. Hypatia
Life Truth Best Travel Lie Understanding Preparation Our Further Those Comprehend More Beyond Understand Door Things
Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance. Jean-Paul Sartre
Every Prolongs Out Weakness Born Without Existing Itself Dies Reason Thing Chance
We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us. John Locke
Character Our Those Moral Moral Character Color Take Like Around Hue Us Who
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. Lao Tzu
You Yourself Be Yourself White Bathe Neither Goose Make Itself Snow Anything Need
Solitude is the place of purification. Martin Buber
Solitude Place
To be sure I must; and therefore I may assume that your silence gives consent. Plato
Silence Assume Must Gives Sure May Your Therefore Consent
The Real is ever-present, like the screen on which the cinematographic pictures move. While the picture appears on it, the screen remains invisible. Stop the picture, and the screen will become clear. All thoughts and events are merely pictures moving on the screen of Pure Consciousness, which alone is real. Ramana Maharshi
Moving On Alone Thoughts Events Will Pure Picture Become Remains Clear Merely Invisible Pictures Like Real Move Stop Screen Which While Moving Appears Consciousness
Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment. Soren Kierkegaard
Me Man Struggle Woman Giving Birth Extremity Tell Something Could Thus Hour Look Cry His Labor Begins Intended Listen Ends Dying Whether Then Enjoyment Last
I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing. William James
Happy Sing Because
Quick condemnation of all that is not ours, of views with which we disagree, of ideas that do not attract us, is the sign of a narrow mind, of an uncultivated intelligence. Bigotry is always ignorant, and the wise boy, who will become the wise man, tries to understand and to see the truth in ideas with which he does not agree. Annie Besant
Truth Wise Man Wise Man Intelligence Disagree Mind Will Become Sign Ours Tries See He Ideas Attract Understand Boy Does Always Narrow Condemnation Quick Which Us Ignorant Views Who Agree
We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people. Arthur Schopenhauer
People Brainy Other Ourselves Three-Quarters Like Forfeit Order
Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. Arthur Schopenhauer
People Spring Other Sympathy Relations Our Out Almost Almost All Sorrows
The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring. Bernard Williams
Hope Day Spring He Lord Same Created
Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law. Boethius
Love Love Is Law Would Give Higher Unto Itself Lovers Who
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes. Desiderius Erasmus
Buy Food Money Clothes Books Left Get Any Little Little Money
All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way. Epictetus
Religion Man Own Every Way Must All Religions Religions His Get Heaven Tolerated Every Man
A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy. Friedrich Nietzsche
Friendship Man Woman Must Physical Well Very Antipathy May Endure Form Little Assisted
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