Quotes by Philosophers

All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called 'Facts'. They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain. Thomas Hobbes

Minds Horror Beasts Brute Facts Generous Domain Intellectual Commonly

There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense. Thomas Hobbes

Life Fear Mind Sense Live More Never Because Without Motion Perpetual Nor Itself Than Tranquillity While Thing Here Desire

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self. William James

Faith Failure Man Cause Self True True Self His Lack Human

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings. William James

Life Soul Blame Stronger Think Thinking Determines Habit Environment Because Does Govern Surroundings Than Common Lovely Should Why Things

All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten. Zhuangzi

Beautiful Ugly Valuable Rare Those Come Existing May Regard Transformed Really Rotten Foul Things

A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned. Xun Kuang

And although our bodies are bounded with skin, and we can differentiate between outside and inside, they cannot exist except in a certain kind of natural environment. Alan Watts

Natural Skin Our Kind Inside Except Outside Environment Between Bounded Although Exist Cannot Natural Environment Bodies Certain Differentiate

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Albert Camus

Problem Suicide Philosophical Philosophical Problem Truly Serious

Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself. Albert Camus

Generation World Will Mine Consists Destroying Preventing Feels Perhaps Knows Greater Itself Reform Task Doubtless Even Each Each Generation

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. Albert Camus

Happiness You Only Share Generously Forgiven Them Successes Your Consent

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today. Albert Camus

Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes. Antisthenes

Enemies First Mistakes Pay Pay Attention Attention Discover Your

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. Aristotle

Virtues Liberalism Most Beloved

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. Aristotle

Good First Ruled Ruler Must He Been Who

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. Aristotle

Life Best Neither Rise Drunken Nor Banquet Thirsty

Our judgments when we are pleased and friendly are not the same as when we are pained and hostile. Aristotle

Our Pleased Hostile Judgments Friendly Same

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. Arthur Schopenhauer

Man Become Way Ability Only Martyrdom Without Famous

Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots! Arthur Schopenhauer

Thoughts People Money Win Try Another Because Deal Idiots Cards