Famous philosophical quotations

   Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.  Nice Word by Aesop

   I stop wanting what I am looking for, looking for it.  Meaningful Quotation by Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

Inspirational Sayings, Motivational Quotes, Great Words, Witty Proverbs
   You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.  Good Quote by Author Unknown

   The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him?  Wise Phrase by Chuang Tzu

   A thousand men can't undress a naked man.  Wise Phrase by Greek Proverb

   I am a part of all that I have met.  Famous Saying by Alfred Lord Tennyson

   Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.  Nice Word by Ludwig Börne

   The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.  Meaningful Quotation by Niels Bohr

   A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.  Good Quote by Author Unknown

   Because they know the name of what I am looking for, they think they know what I am looking for!  Wise Phrase by Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

   Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.  Wise Phrase by Henry David Thoreau

   We become aware of the void as we fill it.  Famous Saying by Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

   The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.  Nice Word by Robert M. Pirsig

   The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth - that the error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it is cured on one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than the first one.  Meaningful Quotation by H.L. Mencken

   A thing, until it is everything, is noise, and once it is everything it is silence.  Good Quote by Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

   We are spirits clad in veils.  Wise Phrase by Christopher P. Cranch

   To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.  Wise Phrase by Stanislaus I of Poland

   The future influences the present just as much as the past.  Famous Saying by Friedrich Nietzsche

   The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter.  Nice Word by G.C. Lichtenberg

   If you're going to tickle, use a feather not a whip.  Meaningful Quotation by Audrey Foris, C'est l'esprit du coq rouge (Red Rooster Musings, trans.)

   If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.  Good Quote by Francis Bacon

   The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.  Wise Phrase by Edward R. Murrow

   Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me.  Wise Phrase by Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

   Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.  Famous Saying by Edward Albee

   Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light?  Nice Word by Maurice Freehill



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