Philosophical Quotes

1598 Philosophical quotes by 584 unique authors

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value. — Arthur Schopenhauer
The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect. — Arthur Schopenhauer
It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are. — Arthur Schopenhauer
To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away. — Arthur Schopenhauer
It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us. — Arthur Schopenhauer
It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards. — Arthur Schopenhauer
The word of man is the most durable of all material. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight. — Albert Schweitzer
I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted… — Pete Seeger
I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent the implication that some of the places that I have sung and some of the… — Pete Seeger
Neither a borrower nor a lender be. — William Shakespeare
Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor. — Bill Shankly
'Ape House' is an ambitious novel in several ways, for which it is to be admired, and it is certainly an easy read, but because… — Jane Smiley
First would be the literary side, then the spiritual and philosophical. The political side is required principally because of the necessity of the current Russian… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love. — Baruch Spinoza
Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand. — Baruch Spinoza
If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil. — Baruch Spinoza
I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them. — Baruch Spinoza
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak. — Baruch Spinoza
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue. — Baruch Spinoza
Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived. — Baruch Spinoza
Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts. — Baruch Spinoza
If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past. — Baruch Spinoza
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope. — Baruch Spinoza

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