Philosophical Quotes

1598 Philosophical quotes by 584 unique authors

If you think you're free, there's no escape possible. — Ram Dass
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. — Richard Dawkins
My interest in biology was pretty much always on the philosophical side. — Richard Dawkins
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set… — Christopher Dawson
Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. — Rene Descartes
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible,… — Rene Descartes
The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt. — Rene Descartes
My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical… — Benjamin Disraeli
You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they're simply… — Marguerite Duras
Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is… — Umberto Eco
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. — Albert Einstein
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. — Albert Einstein
The philosophical idea that there are no more distances, that we are all just one world, that we are all brothers, is such a drag!… — Brian Eno
Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of Reason, or give up existence. — Friedrich Engels
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. — Epictetus
Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else. — Epictetus
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. — Epictetus
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. — Epictetus
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it. — Epictetus
If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother. — Epictetus
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. — Epictetus
If you wish to be a writer, write. — Epictetus
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are. — Epictetus
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly. — Epictetus
It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows. — Epictetus

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