Quotes About Philosophy

Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.

All laws and philosophy merely tell us what should be done, but they do not provide the strength to do it.

It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.

Not one man in a thousand has either strength of mind or goodness of heart to be an atheist.

Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.

It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad.

If I am convinced that I will procure the profoundest idea only by undergoing the profoundest pain, I shall beg for strength to endure that pain.

We have not strength enough to follow our reason so far as it would carry us.

Not one man in a thousand has either strength of mind or goodness of heart to be an Atheist. I repeat it. Not one man in a thousand has either strength of mind or goodness of heart to be an Atheist.

The general goodness, which is nourished in noble hearts makes every one think that strength of virtue to be in another whereof they find assured foundation in themselves.

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.", December 12, 2004)]

Someone told me sleep was the cousin of death and followin' the dollar finds nothin' but stress.

Eating chocolates or popping pills won't reduce depression.Instead, one must read Gita. This will help relieve the stress and depression in life. It will help in dealing with challenges of life.

To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.

The more I learn about the evolution of ideas, the more I have become aware that I am simply an unrepentant Old Whig-with the stress on the "old.

Nietzsche famously said "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger." But what he failed to stress is that it almost kills you.

Unbeknownst to most fun-loving bipeds, not all stress is bad. Indeed, the New Rich don't aim to eliminate all stress. Not in the least.

The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.

If you can meet success and failure and treat them both as impostors, then you are a balanced man, my son.

Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security

Don't borrow someone else's plan. Develop your own philosophy and it will lead you to unique places.

The key factor that will determine your financial future is not the economy; the key factor is your philosophy.

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.