Category: philosopher
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Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand.
Karl Marx
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He who laughs best today, will also laughs last.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
Bertrand Russell
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The United States is a violent military state. It’s been involved in military action all over the place.
Noam Chomsky
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Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
Chanakya
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The lawyer’s truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.
Henry David Thoreau
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Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition.
Adam Smith
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He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
Chanakya
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No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.
Francis Bacon