Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe. By Albert Einstein Quick View Author Albert Einstein, All Quotes Tag: #human-nature, #humor, #infinity, #philosophy, #science, #stupidity, #universe
To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man. By Aristotle Quick View Author All Quotes, Aristotle Tag: #inspirational, #philosophy, #writing
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. By Anne Frank Quick View Author All Quotes, Anne Frank Tag: #activism, #life, #optimism, #philosophy
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. By Albert Einstein Quick View Author Albert Einstein, All Quotes Tag: #curiosity, #philosophy, #wonder
Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can! By J.R.R. Tolkien Quick View Author All Quotes, J.R.R. Tolkien Tag: #fantasy, #literature, #philosophy
Be the change that you wish to see in the world. By Mahatma Gandhi Quick View Author All Quotes, Mahatma Gandhi Tag: #action, #change, #inspirational, #philosophy, #wish
Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each. By Plato Quick View Author All Quotes, Plato Tag: #discipline, #education, #mentoring, #philosophy
You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts. By Kahlil Gibran Quick View Author All Quotes, Kahlil Gibran Tag: #philosophy, #poetry
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. By Frank Zappa Quick View Author All Quotes, Frank Zappa Tag: #music, #philosophy, #progress
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. By Confucius Quick View Author All Quotes, Confucius Tag: #complexity, #philosophy, #simplicity
One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don’t throw it away. By Stephen Hawking Quick View Author All Quotes, Stephen Hawking Tag: #philosophy, #science
Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Quick View Author All Quotes, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Tag: #adults, #children, #philosophy
It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams. By Gabriel García Márquez Quick View Author All Quotes, Gabriel García Márquez Tag: #aging-well, #disillusionment, #growing-older, #philosophy
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. By Niccolò Machiavelli Quick View Author All Quotes, Niccolo Machiavelli Tag: #philosophy
Non est ad astra mollis e terris via” – “There is no easy way from the earth to the stars By Seneca Quick View Author All Quotes, Seneca Tag: #latin, #philosophy, #stars
It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Quick View Author All Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson Tag: #essay, #inspirational, #lecture, #philosophy, #self-reliance, #social-commentary, #transcendentalism
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. By Bertrand Russell Quick View Author All Quotes, Bertrand Russell Tag: #confidence, #eccentricity, #philosophy
We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking. By Santosh Kalwar Quick View Author All Quotes, Santosh Kalwar Tag: #addiction, #life-lessons, #philosophy, #thinking
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. By Socrates Quick View Author All Quotes, Socrates Tag: #philosophy
We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. By May Sarton Quick View Author All Quotes, May Sarton Tag: #authenticity, #life, #philosophy, #self
If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave. By Mo Willems Quick View Author All Quotes, Mo Willems Tag: #fairy-tales, #humor, #humorous, #philosophy, #psychology
I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think By Socrates Quick View Author All Quotes, Socrates Tag: #knowledge, #philosophy
If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign? By Laurence J. Peter Quick View Author All Quotes, Laurence J. Peter Tag: #human, #humor, #misattributed-einstein, #philosophy, #stupidity
Have you ever noticed how ‘What the hell’ is always the right decision to make? By Terry Johnson Quick View Author All Quotes, Terry Johnson Tag: #humor, #misattributed-to-marilyn-monroe, #philosophy
One believed what one was told to believe, what it made sense to believe. Unless one was a foreigner, of course, or a philosopher. By Iain M. Banks Quick View Author All Quotes, Iain M. Banks Tag: #belief, #cognitive-dissonance, #confirmation-bias, #foreigners, #philosophy
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. By Albert Camus Quick View Author Albert Camus, All Quotes Tag: #human-nature, #man, #mankind, #philosophy
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them! By Friedrich Nietzsche Quick View Author All Quotes, Friedrich Nietzsche Tag: #humor, #philosophy
The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. By Robertson Davies Quick View Author All Quotes, Robertson Davies Tag: #belief, #bias, #knowledge, #perception, #philosophy, #reality
The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference. By Elie Wiesel Quick View Author All Quotes, Elie Wiesel Tag: #activism, #apathy, #hate, #indifference, #inspirational, #love, #opposite, #philosophy
Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try! By Dr. Seuss Quick View Author All Quotes, Dr. Seuss Tag: #humor, #philosophy
A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it. By D.H. Lawrence Quick View Author All Quotes, D.H. Lawrence Tag: #life, #living, #philosophy, #women
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. By Margaret Mead Quick View Author All Quotes, Margaret Mead Tag: #activism, #change, #inspirational, #life, #philosophy