Top Ten Greatest Philosophical Quotes: 35 items ranked by popular vote. Browse more in Philosophy.
Remember: life is a breath; Soon I will vanish from your sight. The eye that looks will not see me; You may search but I will be gone. Like a cloud fading in the sky, Man dissolves into death. And never comes home again.
Socrates: My advice to you is to get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher
Bruce Lee: I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not the reason
It was previously a question Of finding out whether or not life Has to have a meaning to be lived. It now becomes clear, on the contrary That it will be lived all the better if it has no meaning
Plato: 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,
Aristotle: Happiness is something final and complete in itself, As being the aim and end of practical activities whatever... Happiness then we define as the active exercise of the mind In conformity with perfect goodness or virtue
Epicurus: Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, Nor even to found a school, But so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, A life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust
Too many people grow up. Thats the trouble with the world... They don't remember what its like to be twelve years old.
It is the privilege of true genius, And especially genius who opens up a new path, To make great mistakes with impunity
I like your Christ, but I don't like your Christians because your Christians are unlike your Christ - Gandhi
The easiest way to live a simple life is just to put God first and believe that there is certainly a day when you gonna meet Him and held accountable for all your deeds.
I am more afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion than an army of lions led by a sheep - Alexander the Great
Seneca: Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
There is nothing we can do. So I wish for strength. If I cannot protect them from the wheel, then give me a strong blade, and enough strength... to shatter fate.