Quotes by Philosophers

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists. Blaise Pascal

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. Socrates

World Honor Live Way Pretend Greatest

The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable. Sun Tzu

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory. Friedrich Nietzsche

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. Blaise Pascal

Alone Men Sit Able Miseries Quiet Being Room Derive

Knowledge is power. Francis Bacon

Knowledge Knowledge Is Power Power

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory. Bernard Williams

Victory Looking Contentment Pass May Roses Violets

The measure of a man is what he does with power. Plato

Man Measure Of A Man Power He Does Measure

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack. Sun Tzu

Success Victory Defence Possibility Lies Attack

The beginning is the most important part of the work. Plato

Work Important Beginning Part Most Important Part The Most Important

An honest man is always a child. Socrates

Man Honest Man Always Child Honest

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. Lao Tzu

Good Arriving Fixed Intent Plans Traveler

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. Aristotle

Good Youth Teen All The Difference Habits Make Difference Formed Good Habits

There are no facts, only interpretations. Friedrich Nietzsche

Only Facts Interpretations

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow. Friedrich Nietzsche

Today Truth You Training Tomorrow Will Mountains Vain Able Point Higher Never Reach Powers Climb Up Either Your

A friend to all is a friend to none. Aristotle

Friendship None Friend

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. Confucius

Man Will Superior Superior Man Understands Sell Inferior Right

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself. Jiddu Krishnamurti

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. Michel de Montaigne

Memory Wish Nothing Forget Intensely Thing

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play. Friedrich Nietzsche

Man Every Hidden Real Real Man Child Wants Play

Democracy is the road to socialism. Karl Marx

Democracy Socialism Road

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Death Silence Sadness Absolute Leads Image

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. William James

Power Weakness Leads Optimism Pessimism

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'. Friedrich Nietzsche

Dog Ego I Am Followed Am Climb Whenever