Philosopher Quotes

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.

There is no original truth, only original error.

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no longer.

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.

It is not I who have lost the Athenians, but the Athenians who have lost me.

Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.

Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock.

The descent to Hades is the same from every place.

Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.

The first draught serveth for health, the second for pleasure, the third for shame, and the fourth for madness.

Play so that you may be serious.

Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.

Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.

Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness.

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.