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Quotes by Philosopher
"He lives happy and master of himself who can say as each day passes on, "I have lived."
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"The greatest hero for a country is the person who gave a progressive vision, a peaceful soul, a modern mind and an unshakable belief in science to his nation. And for the Turks, this honorable name is AtatA1?4rk, an immortal revolutionist!"
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"Your bad love of yourselves makes solitude a prison to you."
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"Believe me if you consult philosophy she will persuade you not to lit so long at your counting desk."
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"A chariot cannot travel in two directions."
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"Work and love - these are the basics waking life is a dream controlled."
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"Dear Whoever-that-just-found-out-that-they-have-a-terminal-illness, don't let that put you down. Technically, we are all dying."
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"Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us."
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"When disinformation is running rampant, there are two ignorances that may emerge: the one is actually positive, a sort of pure and intentional emptying of the mind; but the other is of course negative and clogged and polluted."
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"The worst curse to befall anyone is stagnation, a banal existence, the quiet desperation that comes out of a need for conformity."
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"Life is a dark stage on which you were born to shine."
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"Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never even have imagined. The coincidences or little miracles that happen every day of your life are hints that the universe has much bigger plans for you than you ever dreamed of for yourself."
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"There's poverty in wealth. If a man is wealthy without good health, is he not poor? If a man is wealthy without children, is he not poor? If a man is wealthy without God, is he not poor? If a man is wealthy without giving alms, is he not poor? If a man is wealthy without wisdom, is he not poor? Then there's a great lack in riches."
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"One who throws stones at others has less to use to build his own house."
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"We might 'conquer' nature if we could first, or at the same time, conquer our own nature, though we do not see that human nature and 'outside' nature are all of a piece."
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"In the middle of tranquillity, think about the people inside the storms! In your happy times, remember the unhappy!"
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"When sheep grow blind, it is only wolves that rejoice."
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"How many minutes will still die in the swamp of your illusion of being human?"
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"The lust for comfort kills the passions of the soul."
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"Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness."
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"Swing ten times, and you may hit once. Swing a hundred times, and you may hit ten times. Swing a thousand times, and you may hit a hundred times. Swing a thousand times, and you may hit a thousand times."
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"A star on its worst day shines brighter than the moon on its best day."
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"Grief gives you a hundred reasons to cry; hope gives you a thousand reasons to smile, joy gives you a million reasons to laugh, and love gives you billion reasons to rejoice."
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"When two souls are one, they hear each other, even in silence."
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"Your dreams will only take you as far as your faith in them."
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"A pond with one fish is better than an ocean with none."
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"It is better to lose friends than to lose your reputation, and better to lose riches than to lose your integrity."
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"Dreams are beautiful, but don't let them replace reality."
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"One bright star is better than a thousand dull moons."
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"If they say you will fall, rise. If they say you will fail, succeed. If they say you will break, kept it together. If they say you will deteriorate, flourish."
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"Being is the greatest paradox of life in front of death."
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"There are 2 kinds of artists, essentially: those who want to make something popular, and those who want to make something dignified. But then there is still that rare hybrid case, and perhaps by that unintentional stroke of genius, in which one's work uncontrollably becomes both popular and dignified yet beyond its time."
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"Human nature has nevertheless been changed by the ever new appearance of these teachers of the purpose of existence: It now has one additional need-the need for the ever new appearance of such teachers and teachings of a "purpose. Gradually, man has become a fantastic animal that has to fulfill one more condition of existence than any other animal: man has to believe, to know, from time to time why he exists; his race cannot flourish without a periodic trust in life-without faith in reason in life."
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"When your past tries to haunt you tell it you don't believe in ghosts."
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"We need very strong ears to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure frank criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship, for to undertake to wound or offend a man for his own good is to have a healthy love for him."
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"Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health."
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"Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves."
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"A person is wise if he listens to millions of advice and doesn't implement any of it."
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"What clouds may wet the gaze without hope of emptiness within us?"
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"If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to human destiny, I am optimistic as to man."
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"Growing up, I always had a soldier mentality. As a kid I wanted to be a soldier, a fighter pilot, a covert agent, professions that require a great deal of bravery and risk and putting oneself in grave danger in order to complete the mission. Even though I did not become all those things, and unless my predisposition, in its youngest years, already had me leaning towards them, the interest that was there still shaped my philosophies. To this day I honor risk and sacrifice for the good of others - my views on life and love are heavily influenced by this."
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"How good music and bad reasons sound when one marches against an enemy."
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"A wounded lion is still more fierce than healthy sheep."
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"Obstinacy and heat in sticking to one's opinions is the surest proof of stupidity. Is there anything so cocksure so immovable so disdainful so contemplative so solemn and serious as an ass?"
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"No matter how deep the whale swims, it will always surface."
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"You can crush a rose, all it will do is give off perfume."
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"We all have problems. Or rather, everyone has at least one thing that they regard as a problem."
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"The bite of conscience is indecent."
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