Category: philosopher
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There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
William James
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We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.
Thomas Hobbes
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Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Historically, the stuff of the universe goes on becoming concentrated into ever more organized forms of matter.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
Michel de Montaigne
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Love is an adventure and a conquest. It survives and develops, like the universe itself, only by perpetual discovery.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
Plato
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The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
Diogenes
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The United States is afraid of China; it is not a military threat to anyone and is the least aggressive of all the major military powers.
Noam Chomsky