Quotes by Philosophers

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance. Confucius
Man Dance Give Never Who Sword
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. Friedrich Nietzsche
Day Learning Walk Dance Fly First Flying One Day Run Must Would He Learn Climb Cannot Stand Who
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. Lao Tzu
You World Nothing Way Content Lacking Realize Whole Things Belongs Rejoice
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. Socrates
Friendship Art Slow Fall Thou Thou Art Constant Firm Continue
Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention. Deepak Chopra
Love Truth Leadership Spiritual Experience Creativity Compassion Values Spirituality Goodness Beauty Ideology Awareness Focused Kind Religious Intuition Insight Some Attention Like Also Understand Dogma Domain Where Enlightened
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. Lao Tzu
You Respect Yourself Will Everybody Simply Content Compare Compete
He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know. Lao Tzu
Speak He Know Knows Does Speaks Who
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity. Arthur Schopenhauer
Doctor Stupidity Lawyer Weakness Sees Mankind Theologian Medical Wickedness
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. Bertrand Russell
Whatever Evidence Has-Been Fact Absurd Opinion Been Held Utterly Widely
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing. Friedrich Nietzsche
People Missing Heaven Interesting Interesting People
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. William James
Great People Think Thinking Merely Prejudices Many
Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative. John Stuart Mill
People Conservative Stupid Conservatives True Most Stupid People Although
Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite! Karl Marx
World Win Lose Revolution Nothing Tremble Ruling Classes Countries Communist Chains Unite
There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands. Plato
Humanity World Political Political Power Will Power Become Philosophers Philosophy States Rulers Those Kings Troubles Thus Come Call Till Truly End Itself Hands Same Really Now
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. William James
Art Wise Knowing Overlook Being
A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words. Confucius
Words Gentleman Would Would-Be Match His Ashamed Should Deeds
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. Plato
Wise Man Wise Man Hero Men Hundred Thousand Born Accomplished Might Even Found Among
Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster. Sun Tzu
You Fight Yourself Enemy Hundred Battles Disaster Know Know Yourself Without Your
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. Blaise Pascal
Evil Men Conviction Religious Never Cheerfully
The Soul is the voice of the body's interests. George Santayana
Soul Voice Interests Body
When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die. Jean-Paul Sartre
Fight People Rich Another Die Poor Rich People Poor People Wars
The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision. Maimonides
Decision Indecision Risk Wrong Wrong Decision Terror Preferable Chance
I know of only one duty, and that is to love. Albert Camus
Love Valentines Day Duty Only Know To Love
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. Aristotle
Education Adversity Prosperity Refuge Ornament
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself. Soren Kierkegaard
Lose Dare Oneself Footing
A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame. Sun Tzu
Good Benevolent Commander Fame
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