Quotes by Philosophers

Music is well said to be the speech of angels. Thomas Carlyle

Music Angels Well Said Speech

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are. Thomas Carlyle

Me You Man Honor Will Kind Know Show

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action. William James

Happiness Action Without May Bring

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. William James

Life Change Immediately Start

Truth is what works. William James

Truth Truth Is Works

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice. William James

You Make Itself Choice

Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him? Zhuangzi

Man Words Word Find Him Forgotten Where Who

God primes the pump of obligation. A. P. Martinich

God Obligation Pump

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world. Alan Watts

World Try Myth Sense Terms Make Which Image

Omnipotence is not knowing how everything is done; it's just doing it. Alan Watts

Not Knowing Omnipotence Everything Knowing How Doing Done Just

But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful. Alan Watts

Me Negative Power Nothing Exceedingly Powerful Empty

The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism. Albert Camus

Knowledge Suffering Intelligence World Mind Stretched Nihilism Complete Our Neither Find Fact Point Nor Itself Modern Any Where

Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never. Albert Camus

Love Friendship Never Often Ends

Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question. Albert Camus

Way Charm Clear Without Answer Question Yes Getting Asking

Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen. Andrew Bernstein

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action. Aristotle

Become Action Temperate Performing Brave Just Actions

No one loves the man whom he fears. Aristotle

Man Fears No-One He Loves Whom

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. Aristotle

Law Fear Others Philosophy Only Without Being Gained

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. Aristotle

Happiness Life Politics Political Power Politicians Aiming Something Beyond Also Because Glory Always Political Life Itself Leisure

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions. Aristotle

Character Disposition Virtue Virtuous Statesman Moral Citizens Moral Character Performance Namely Most Fellow Fellow Citizens His Anxious Produce Certain Actions