World's Greatest Philosophical Quotes

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Whatever you are, be a good one' ... 'I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends' ... 'If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough' ... 'Beware the barrenness of a busy life' ... This collection of philosophical quotes is designed to delight and inspire you. Ranging from ancient Greek and Chinese philosophers, through American presidents, to artists, inventors and modern writers, the people cited here offer calm, insightful thoughts about the larger issues and deeper meanings of the nature of life and reality. We hope that you find this collection both enjoyable and thought-provoking.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Philosophy

Informations

• Publié par: Crombie Jardine Publishing Limited
• Date de parution: 11 septembre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781906051679
• Langue: English

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Introduction
 
‘Whatever you are, be a good one’
‘I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends’
‘If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough’
‘Beware the barrenness of a busy life’
 
This collection of philosophical quotes is designed to delight and inspire you. Ranging from ancient Greek and Chinese philosophers, through American presidents, to artists, inventors and modern writers, the people cited here offer calm, insightful thoughts about the larger issues and deeper meanings of the nature of life and reality. We hope that you find this collection both enjoyable and thought-provoking.
 
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~ A ~
 
Robert Adams
b.1937
American photographer
 
As soon as you start to turn within, as soon as you begin to listen to the still small voice within you, as soon as you start to practice self-enquiry, your life begins to change drastically. You become happy. You no longer search for happiness, for you are beginning to realize that you cannot find it externally. You may appear to find it, but it does not last
 
Muhammad Ali
(born Cassius Clay)
b.1942
American boxer
 
Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are
 
Life is a gamble
 
The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life
 
Saint Ambrose
(or Aurelius Ambrosius)
c.340-397
English saint
 
There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience
 
When in Rome, live as the Romans do; when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere
 
Maya Angelou
(born Marguerite Ann Johnson)
b.1928
American poet
 
If you don’t like something, change it. It you can’t change it, change your attitude
 
Life loves the liver of it
 
Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told, “I’m with you, kid. Let’s go!”
 
One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest
 
Thomas Aquinas
(or Thomas of Aquin)
1225-1274
Italian Dominican priest and philosopher
 
A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational
 
Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate
 
Beware of the person of one book
 
Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand
 
It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes
 
Love takes up where knowledge left off
 
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine
 
The things that we love tell us what we are
 
Aristotle
384-322 BC
Greek philosopher
 
For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a happy time, does not make a man blessed and happy
 
Happiness depends upon ourselves
 
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence
 
Man is by nature a political animal
 
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work
 
The whole is more than the sums of its parts
 
Marcus Aurelius
121-180
Roman Emperor
 
Confine yourself to the present
 
Dig within. Within is the wellspring of good; and it is always ready to bubble up
 
How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks
 
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live
 
Our life is what our thoughts make it
 
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing
 
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane
 
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge
 
To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds and examine their pursuits and aversions
 
~ B ~
 
Francis Bacon
(1st Viscount St Albans)
1561-1626
English scientist and philosopher
 
A man must make his opportunity, as oft as finds it
 
Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity
 
If a man is gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows that he is a citizen of the world
 
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humour to console him for what he is
 
In taking revenge, a man is even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
 
Knowledge itself is power
 
Parents who wish to train up their children in the way they should go must go in the way in which they would have thei