Quotes by Philosophers

And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on. Alan Watts

Attitude Faith Holding Opposite Clinging Very Holding On Belief

Faith is a state of openness or trust. Alan Watts

Faith Trust State Openness

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day. Albert Camus

Day Every Day Wait Judgment Every Takes Place Last

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. Albert Camus

Truth First Absurd Concept Essential

The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue. Antisthenes

Life Learning Unlearn Most Piece Untrue Useful Uses

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness. Aristotle

Genius Madness Never Without

Change in all things is sweet. Aristotle

Change Sweet All Things Things

After your death you will be what you were before your birth. Arthur Schopenhauer

Death You Will Before Birth Were After Your

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not. Baruch Spinoza

First Wish Be The First More Taken None Proud Than Flattery Who

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. Baruch Spinoza

Nature Absurd Contrary Whatsoever Reason

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak. Baruch Spinoza

Speak World Men Would Would-Be Silent Had Same Happier Capacity

I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex. Bertrand Russell

Time Good Food Honesty People Words Sex Good Time Believe Living Outrage Knowing Boxes Fists Using Good Food Street

Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires. Bertrand Russell

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion. Blaise Pascal

Fault Illusion Evil Add Further Faults Recognize Voluntary Since Greater Greater Evil Unwilling Still Truly Them Full

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself. Blaise Pascal

You Yourself People Speak Wish Think Well

We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being. Deepak Chopra

Death Change Sickness Immune Spirit Seer Scenery Part Any Being Form Victims Eternal Aging Who Expression

I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center. Deepak Chopra

You People Matter Situation Drama Chaotic Stay Heal Within Around How How Much Just Center Much Teach Your Presence

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds. Democritus

Good Good Deeds Our Easily More Remembered Sins Than Deeds

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all. Democritus

Greed Talking Listen Want

The mob is the mother of tyrants. Diogenes

Mother Tyrants Mob