Philosophy Quotes
Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
Ayn RandAyn Rand To be free comes not from changing or fixing this world, but from seeing this world as it is and opening the heart in the midst of it.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti That’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
Indira GandhiIndira Gandhi When you hurry you’re more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you’re not quick you can’t get things done.
John WoodenJohn Wooden It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
EpictetusEpictetus To philosophize means to make vivid.
NovalisNovalis I want to find something I’ve wanted all along, Somewhere I belong.
Linkin ParkLinkin Park For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.
Coco ChanelCoco Chanel God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show gratitude for what we have received.
Thomas AquinasThomas Aquinas People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
Jean-Jacques RousseauJean-Jacques Rousseau The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
David HumeDavid Hume Being the rational animal, man must be capable of thinking if he really wants to. Still, it may be that man wants to think, but cannot.
Martin HeideggerMartin Heidegger Everything has a crack in it; that’s how the light gets in.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
Jack LondonJack London Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
Thomas AquinasThomas Aquinas