To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways: the point, however, is to change it.
Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial.
One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
While we are postponing, life speeds by.
A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really..."Do the stars gaze back?" Now that's a question.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
To heal our wounds, we need courage to face them.
Simplify, simplify, simplify.
You are what you choose to be today. Not what you've chosen to be before.
Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.
Life is too short to be wasted in finding answers. Enjoy the questions.
Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.
If you chase two rabbits, you catch none.
Don't be someone that searches, finds and then runs away.
Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
An inventor is a man who asks 'Why?' of the universe and lets nothing stand between the answer and his mind.
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
The ultimate freedom depends on knowing the ultimate Truth. Truth is not what people say it is, it is what it is. And Truth, quite remarkably, sets one free, just like philosophers have said down the ages.
It is the courage to make a clean breast of it in the face of every question that makes the philosopher. He must be like Sophocles' Oedipus, who, seeking enlightenment concerning his terrible fate, pursues his indefatigable inquiry even though he divines that appalling horror awaits him in the answer. But most of us carry with us the Jocasta in our hearts, who begs Oedipus, for God's sake, not to inquire further.
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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