Famous Quotes
Famous Quotes About Philosophy
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"As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser."
"Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly."
"Death is not the worst that can happen to men."
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
"Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments."
"Guilt is overrated."
"I CREATE! These are the two most powerful words in the Universe."
"If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals."
"Knowledge is true opinion."
"Man - a being in search of meaning."
"Necessity is the mother of invention."
"Necessity is the mother of taking chances."
"Philosophy begins in wonder."
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
"The beginning is the most important part of the work."
"The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine."
"The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction."
"There is profundity in simplicity."
"Thinking: the talking of the soul within itself."
"Science is nothing but perception."
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."
"Where the world ceases to be the scene of our personal hopes and wishes, where we face it as free beings admiring, asking and observing, there we enter the realm of Art and Science."
