Philosophical Quotes

1598 Philosophical quotes by 584 unique authors

Happiness is the highest good — Aristotle
Whatever is reasonable is true, and whatever is true is reasonable — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Man is condemned to be free — Jean-Paul Sartre
Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative — Aristotle
I can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature — Baruch Spinoza
Virtue is nothing else than right reason — Seneca the Younger
In everything, there is a share of everything — Anaxagoras
The brave man is he who overcomes not only his enemies but his pleasures — Democritus
To do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbour as oneself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality — John Stuart Mill
Everything that exists is born for no reason, carries on living through weakness, and dies by accident — Jean-Paul Sartre
We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone — Saint Augustine
Real sign of intelligence isn't knoweldge, it's imagination — Albert Einstein
It is the privilege of true genius, And especially genius who opens up a new path, To make great mistakes with impunity — Lewis Carroll
We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence. — Jean Toomer
To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi)." Or, "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it,… — George Berkeley
The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Who is also aware of the tremendous risk involved in faith - when he nevertheless makes the leap of faith - this [is] subjectivity ...… — Soren Kierkegaard
'Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed — William Shakespeare
A king of infinite space — William Shakespeare
Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile — William Shakespeare
Sweet are the uses of adversity — William Shakespeare
The man that hath no music in himself — William Shakespeare
The patient must minister to himself — William Shakespeare
There is a tide in the affairs of men — William Shakespeare
There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently — William Shakespeare

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