Philosophy Quotes

"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake" "If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the universe." "Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler." "One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane." "Instinct is something which transcends knowledge." "It is easier to macrobullshit than to microbullshit" "You want to be a philosopher, not a cheap sage" "The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete." "Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power." "I have three precious things, which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men." "Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." "Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you." "You are free and that is why you are lost" "Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues" "A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die" "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" "The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms " "Everything is a miracle." "Humans are creatures who spend their lives trying to convince themselves their existence is not absurd." "We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die."