Quotes About Philosophy

Act only on the maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that it should become a universal law.

Sight seen that's been being is meaning.

The Only Thing I Know For Sure Is That I Know Nothing At All, For Sure

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.

The rest of the world lives to eat, while I eat to live.

The only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing.

My advice to you is to get married. If you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not you'll become a philosopher

Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth — that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself.

And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.

Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher… and that is a good thing for any man.

Science says 'We must live,' and seeks the means of prolonging, increasing, facilitating and amplifying life, of making it tolerable and acceptable, wisdom says 'We must die,' and seeks how to make us die well.

Thiu shouldst eat to live not live to eat

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.

We are in fact convinced that if we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things by themselves with the soul by itself. It seems, to judge from the argument, that the wisdom which we desire and upon which we profess to have set our hearts will be attainable only when we are dead and not in our lifetime.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.

I only know that I know nothing

The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.

All I know is that I do not know anything