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Quotes by Philosopher
"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future."
105
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."
103
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
103
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
101
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."
95
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."
92
"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
92
"A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies."
88
"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
87
"Valid questions are better than invalid assumptions."
86
"Too often, people think that solving the world's problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground."
84
"Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil."
81
"Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical."
78
"There is no original or primary gender a drag imitates, but gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original."
75
"A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity."
75
"I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures."
72
"I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live."
72
"The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst."
72
"Under peaceful conditions, the warlike man attacks himself."
71
"Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak."
69
"Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us."
68
"A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour."
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68
"Narrative identity takes part in the story's movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder."
66
"Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind."
65
"The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny."
64
"The sky belongs to eagles, even during storms."
63
"Indeed, this epistemological theory of the relation between theory and experiment differs sharply from the epistemological theory of naive falsificationism."
63
"It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get."
62
"Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment."
62
"Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable."
62
"There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say."
62
"In heaven, all the interesting people are missing."
61
"A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury."
60
"Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design."
60
"Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination."
60
"The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy."
60
"Be the sun in someone's dark sky."
56
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