Philosophy Quotes
There is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The idea that things must have a beginning is really due to the poverty of our thoughts.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.
Thomas AquinasThomas Aquinas Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes. I mean the universe, but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols, in which it is written.
Galileo GalileiGalileo Galilei A picture’s beauty does not depend on the things portrayed in it.
Marcel ProustMarcel Proust it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
Thomas HobbesThomas Hobbes Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes Language disguises thought.
Ludwig WittgensteinLudwig Wittgenstein The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
HerodotusHerodotus Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin The education of circumstances is superior to that of intuition.
William WordsworthWilliam Wordsworth no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavors to establish.
David HumeDavid Hume I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.
HerodotusHerodotus During a wise man’s whole life, his destiny holds his philosophy in a state of siege.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
HerodotusHerodotus I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah..
Ronald ReaganRonald Reagan