"Where two principles really do meet which cannot be reconciled with one another, then each man declares the other a fool and a heretic."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

Morality, Conflict, Principles, Truth, Wisdom

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"Where two principles really do meet which cannot be reconciled with one another, then each man declares the other a fool and a heretic."

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"What does greed mean? Greed means taking away what belongs to others."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"Let your thoughts be pure."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"One is God himself, [but] for how long does that authority of God last? As long as he speaks the truth, practices non-violence, does not steal, practices celibacy and remains non-acquisitive " till then power of God will remain."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"Every animal is biologically designed by Nature to do wrong in return. It takes a human being to not do wrong in return."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Conceit is to be dreaded, but so is cowardice."

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

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"All humans are rogues. Cured only by death."

Fakeer Ishavardas, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"So what if you're right? So what if you're wrong? In the end you might be surprised to find that God doesn't care so much about whether you were right or wrong but whether, despite it all, you were kind or cruel."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Morality, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

"Fear is the devil's most powerful tool because he can't always convince a good man to do wrong, but he can paralyze his will with fright, keeping a good man from doing what is right. It eventually results in the same end."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"Do we ignore the needyto spite the greedy?Or share and defenddespite those who pretend?"

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"Once the ego is born into this world, it has to shoulder morality."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language."

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"Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness."

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"When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of."

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"I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment."

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"Man has to awaken to wonder - and so perhaps do peoples. Science is a way of sending him to sleep again."

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"Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole single great problem, even if this view is still not a clear one."

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"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."

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"What does greed mean? Greed means taking away what belongs to others."

"Let your thoughts be pure."

"One is God himself, [but] for how long does that authority of God last? As long as he speaks the truth, practices non-violence, does not steal, practices celibacy and remains non-acquisitive " till then power of God will remain."

"Every animal is biologically designed by Nature to do wrong in return. It takes a human being to not do wrong in return."

"Conceit is to be dreaded, but so is cowardice."

"All humans are rogues. Cured only by death."

"So what if you're right? So what if you're wrong? In the end you might be surprised to find that God doesn't care so much about whether you were right or wrong but whether, despite it all, you were kind or cruel."

"Fear is the devil's most powerful tool because he can't always convince a good man to do wrong, but he can paralyze his will with fright, keeping a good man from doing what is right. It eventually results in the same end."

"Do we ignore the needyto spite the greedy?Or share and defenddespite those who pretend?"

"Once the ego is born into this world, it has to shoulder morality."

Explore more quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein

"The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language."

"Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness."

"Philosophy is not a theory but an activity."

"The world is independent of my will."

"The human body is the best picture of the human soul."

"When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of."

"I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment."

"Man has to awaken to wonder - and so perhaps do peoples. Science is a way of sending him to sleep again."

"Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole single great problem, even if this view is still not a clear one."

"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."