Philosophy Quotes

It is necessary to speak and to think what is truly being; for being is, but nothing is not.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

As our soul, being air, holds us together, so breath and air encompass the whole world.

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.

The discourse of truth is not a universal discourse, but a discourse that is produced within a certain regime of power.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

The Perfect Man has no self; the Spiritual Man has no merit; the Sage has no fame.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.