Philosophical Quotes

1598 Philosophical quotes by 584 unique authors

Whatever you do, do with all your might. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being. — Martin Heidegger
Success consecrates the most offensive crimes. — Seneca the Younger
True time is four-dimensional. — Martin Heidegger
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal. — Friedrich Engels
And what is the greatest number? Number one. — David Hume
I am a law only for my kind, I am no law for all. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The less men think, the more they talk. — Baron de Montesquieu
Look at the Paris Commune. That was the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. — Friedrich Engels
Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination. — Arthur Schopenhauer
I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that does not change every moment — Henri Bergson
But in simple substances the influence of one monad over another is ideal only. — Gottfried Leibniz
Variant: When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. — Rene Descartes
Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment. — Seneca the Younger
Transcendence constitutes selfhood. — Martin Heidegger
Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome. — Thomas Hobbes
I see plainly how external images influence the image that I call my body : they transmit movement to it. — Henri Bergson
It is the quality rather than the quantity that matters. — Seneca the Younger
Crime when it succeeds is called virtue. — Seneca the Younger
Nature abhors annihilation. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin. — Seneca the Younger
Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science — Henri Bergson
One crime has to be concealed by another. — Seneca the Younger
Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display? — Seneca the Younger

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