L'homme est libre au moment qu'il veut l'être.
VoltaireTags: inspirational philosophy
I am my world.
Ludwig WittgensteinTags: philosophy solipsism
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
David HumeTags: reason philosophy emotions
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Carl SaganTags: humor laughter philosophy genius
Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
EpicurusTags: wisdom inspirational philosophy peace death serenity awful
Whatever one man does, it is as if all men did it. For that reason, it is not unfair that one disobedience in a garden should contaminate all humanity; for that reason it is not unjust that the crucifixion of a single Jew should be sufficient to save it.
Jorge Luis BorgesTags: philosophy fiction
Cannibals? Who is not a cannibal? I tell you it will be more tolerable for the Fejee that salted down a lean missionary in his cellar against a coming famine; it will be more tolerable for that provident Fejee, I say, in the day of judgement, than for thee, civilized and enlightened gourmand, who nailest geese to the ground and feastest on their bloated livers in thy pate de fois gras.
Herman MelvilleTags: philosophy fiction historical
Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another.
Gautama BuddhaTags: philosophy religion
A nation is a detour of nature to arrive at five or six great men- yes, and then to get around them.
Friedrich NietzscheTags: politics philosophy nietzsche
A writer always writes.
Don RoffTags: writing philosophy writer
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