Happiness Quote by Epictetus

My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life,…

— Ayn Rand

Philosophy is man’s expression of curiosity about everything and his attempt to make sense of the world primarily through his intellect.

— Alan Watts

Philosophy is a proud, sullen detector of the poverty and misery of man. It may turn him from the world with a proud, sturdy…

— Richard Cecil

Philosophy first constructs a scheme of happiness and then tries to fit the world to it.

— H. L. Mencken

Philosophy is fundamentally about how you come to terms with living your life and trying to do it in a wise manner, and, for…

— Cornel West

Philosophy can add to our happiness in no other manner but by diminishing our misery; it should not pretend to increase our present stock,…

— Oliver Goldsmith

The philosopher's conception of things will, above all, be truer than other men's, and his philosophy will subordinate all the circumstances of life. To…

— Henry David Thoreau

Philosophy fulfills the need to create for ourselves a single and complete concept of the world and of life.

— Miguel de Unamuno

“Every one of us, unconsciously, works out a personal philosophy of life, by which we are guided, inspired, and corrected, as time goes on.…

— George Matthew Adams

Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence.

— Charles William Eliot

The life of theoretical philosophy is the best and happiest a man can lead. Few men are capable of it and then only intermittently.…

— Aristotle

“Herein lies the supreme wisdom, human and divine; and the task of philosophy consists in teaching men to submit joyously to Necessity which hears…

— Lev Shestov