Quotes by Philosophers

He who talks more is sooner exhausted. Lao Tzu

Exhausted More He Sooner Talks Who

Be the chief but never the lord. Lao Tzu

Leadership Never Lord Chief

All the great evils which men cause to each other because of certain intentions, desires, opinions, or religious principles, are likewise due to non-existence, because they originate in ignorance, which is absence of wisdom. Maimonides

One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed. Maimonides

Good Balance Good And Evil World Evil Saved Destroyed Scale Bad See He Equal Himself Does Should Deed Good Deed

You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes. Maimonides

Truth You Whatever Must Accept Source

To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God. Meister Eckhart

God Empty Full Things

Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door. Meister Eckhart

Every creature is a word of God. Meister Eckhart

God Word Every Creature

Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do. Mencius

Will Men Free Ought Firmly Decide

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees. Michel de Montaigne

Conversation Everybody Boring More Than Where Agree

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly. Michel de Montaigne

Education Because Educated Been Prefer Reason Company Sufficiently Peasants Incorrectly

The longer I live, the more I feel that true repose consists in 'renouncing' one's own self, by which I mean making up one's mind to admit that there is no importance whatever in being 'happy' or 'unhappy' in the usual meaning of the words. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Happy Words Unhappy Mind Whatever Own Live Consists Admit More Self True Feel Longer Importance Making Making Up Up Repose Being Which Being Happy Mean Meaning Meaning Of Usual

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. Plato

Truth History Vital Poetry Than Nearer

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation. Plato

Life Good You Yourself Though Crop Both Abundant Prosperous Without Cultivation Effort Cannot Land Next Next Life Now Apply

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul. Plato

Food Knowledge Soul Surely Said Socrates

Knowledge is true opinion. Plato

Knowledge True Opinion

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser. Plato

Lie Say Well Builders Without Stones Lesser Larger

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half. Plato

Women Mind Men Men And Women Country Half Practice Nothing State Our Following Prevails More Pursuits Instead Absurd Thus Reduced Than Same Being Whole Strengths

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions. Plato

Education Good Nurture Constitutions Graduation

The wildest colts make the best horses. Plutarch

Best Wildest Horses Make