Quotes by Philosophers

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself. Confucius

You Yourself Others Were Same Zeal

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few. David Hume

Few Nothing More Governed Surprising Than Which Many

Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real. Deepak Chopra

Important Rich Nothing More Bliss Real Than Your

Your library is your paradise. Desiderius Erasmus

Library Paradise Your

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. Friedrich Nietzsche

Argument Rather Condition Existence Irrationality Against Thing

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism. George Henry Lewes

Rebellion Independence Sincerity Antagonism Originality

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there. George Santayana

History People Events Lies About Never Were Happened Pack Who

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses. Heraclitus

Justice Will Lies Witnesses False Overtake

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. John Stuart Mill

War Worth Ugly Feeling Nothing State Worse Moral Degraded Ugliest Patriotic Which Much Thing Things Thinks

I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves. Ludwig Wittgenstein

Enjoy Ourselves Pretty Know Sure Order Why Here

A man's natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime, whether committed by one man, or by millions; whether committed by one man, calling himself a robber, (or by any other name indicating his true character,) or by millions, calling themselves a government. Lysander Spooner

Government Character Man Rights Natural World Crime Own Other One-Man True True Character Name Robber Calling Himself Equally His Committed Any Whether Against Them Themselves Natural Rights Whole Millions

The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension... Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Life Wisdom Struggle Philosophy Tension Bliss Existence Eternal

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice. Montesquieu

Justice Law Tyranny Name Greater Shield Than Which

Being happy is a matter of personal taste. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Happy Matter Personal Taste Being Being Happy

Necessity... the mother of invention. Plato

Mother Invention Necessity

You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes. Alan Watts

Great You See Vast Off Far Thing

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities. Aristotle

Possibilities Impossibilities Improbable Probable Preferred

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. Aristotle

Soul Madness Excellent Exempt Mixture