Quotes About Philosophy

The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity.

I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my soul with the jewels of wisdom, patience, and above all with a love of liberty.

Logic can be patient, for it is eternal.

everything is ridiculous if one thinks of death

The only thing that isn't worthless: to live this life out truthfully and rightly, And be patience with those who don't.

Either a wise man will not go into bunkers, or, being in, he will endure such things as befall him with patience.

Patience is fine, but I'm not going to stop asking the Universe to make sense!

Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.

The happiness of the world is transitory. The less you become attached to the world, the more you enjoy peace of mind.

The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways: the point, however, is to change it.

If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind.

Ah, if in this world there were no such thing as cherry blossoms, perhaps then in springtime our hearts would be at peace.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

In a battle between force and an idea, the latter always prevails.

There cannot be peaceful coexistence in the ideological realm. Peaceful coexistence corrupts.

The only man completely at peace is a man without a navel.

War is to man what motherhood is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.

if a person wishes to achieve peace of mind and happiness then they should acquire faith, but if they want to be a disciple of truth, which can be "frightening and ugly," then they need to search.

Be grateful even for hardship, setbacks, and bad people. Dealing with such obstacles is an essential part of training in the Art of Peace.

Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.

There are no right answers to wrong questions.

You find peace by coming to terms with what you don't know.