black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.

Thomas Hobbes

It is in the laws of a commonwealth, as in the laws of gaming: Whatsoever the gamesters all agree on, is injustice to none of them.
THOMAS HOBBES

Game Justice Law
Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, is religion; not allowed, superstition.
THOMAS HOBBES

Allow Fear Imagination Mind Philosophy Power Public
War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting but in a tract of time,wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.
THOMAS HOBBES

Act Battle Fight Philosophy War
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
THOMAS HOBBES

Conscience Man Religious Sin
The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.
THOMAS HOBBES

Blame Clean Man Religious Secret Shame Thought
I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power, that ceases only in death.
THOMAS HOBBES

Death Desire Man Philosophy Power
It is not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
THOMAS HOBBES

Authority Deep Law One Liner Wisdom
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
THOMAS HOBBES

Destroy Life Peace Philosophy War
In the very shadows of doubt a thread of reason (so to speak) begins, by whose guidance we shall escape to the clearest light.
THOMAS HOBBES

Clear Doubt Escape Guidance Light Philosophy Shadow
Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.
THOMAS HOBBES

Evil Follow Good Great Past
Where shall I turn, what shall I do?’ are the voices of people grieving. Idleness is torture. In all times and places, nature abhors a vacuum.
THOMAS HOBBES

Grief Myself Nature Philosophy Place Time Torture Voice
Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
THOMAS HOBBES

Darkness Great Myself Travel
Hell is truth seen too late.
THOMAS HOBBES

Hell Late One Liner Truth
Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man, the same consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them withal.
THOMAS HOBBES

Enemy Man Philosophy Secure Strength Time War
And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
THOMAS HOBBES

Mad Man Philosophy
A man’s conscience and his judgment are the same thing, and, as the judgment, so also the conscience may be erroneous”
THOMAS HOBBES

Conscience Judge Man Philosophy Thing

Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Thomas Hobbes Quotes