Philosophy (from Greek φιλοσοφία, philosophia, literally “love of wisdom”) is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. In other words the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline is Philosophy.
We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. He that is down, needs fear no
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With great power comes great responsibilities. I always figure I’m not unique, and something that would please me hopefully would please a lot
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If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all. Education is a system
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An unexamined life is not worth living. True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. To find yourself, think for yourself. By
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Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is
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Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. The course of true
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You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not
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You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. Do not dwell in the past, do not
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No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth. If
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order. They give birth
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Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means. Many are really virtuous who cannot explain what virtue is .
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Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you. What you leave behind
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It’s easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world. The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
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What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable? My thoughts are stars I can’t
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A visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of war. A city is a large
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Upon the progress of knowledge the whole progress of the human race is immediately dependent: he who retards that, hinders this also. What
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If you never change your mind, why have one? Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. A memory
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If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.
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Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are. Excellence means when a man or woman asks
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‘Emergencies’ have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded. A claim for equality of material position
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra. Life is something that happens when you can’t get to
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When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and
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I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be
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Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason. Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment. Only as far as a man
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If you will it, it is no dream; and if you do not will it, a dream it is and a dream it
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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. He had decided to live forever
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What we see depends mainly on what we look for. Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the
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If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?” “No”, said the priest, “not if you did not
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Quran (2:262): Those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day and
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What is food to one man is bitter poison to others. In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter,
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They can because they think they can. It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be. Do not yield to misfortunes,
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Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. A picture is a poem without words. Whatever
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. A room without books is like a body without
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There is no greater sorrow Than to be mindful of the happy time In misery. In the middle of the journey of our
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Necessity makes even the timid brave. Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and
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A liar should have a good memory. The perfection of art is to conceal art. When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to
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No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. It is justice, not charity,
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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to
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The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. The human body is the best picture of the human soul. I
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It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. To teach is to learn
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An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. Prediction is very
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Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way,
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“The most all penetrating spirit before which will open the possibility of tilting not tables, but planets, is the spirit of free human
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“.. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could
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Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles
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Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it. Book love… is your pass to
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A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand
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Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the
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Laziness and cowardice explain why so many men. . . remain under a life-long tutelage and why it is so easy for some
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The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two
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Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us. When we walk slowly,
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Innovation is serendipity, so you don’t know what people will make. The Web does not just connect machines, it connects people. The goal
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. The mountains are calling and I must go. In every walk with
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Life is a song – sing it. Life is a game – play it. Life is a challenge – meet it. Life is
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Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
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One sometimes finds what one is not looking for. When I woke up just after dawn on Sept. 28, 1928, I certainly didn’t
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I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can. Since we
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“Most people are on the world, not in it. ” “Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing.”
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“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” “We are saved by
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It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. I never did give anybody hell. I
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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
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It is far better to live like a lion for a day then to live like a jackal for hundred years. When a
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Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for
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I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner
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Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not
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“There is always much to be said for not attempting more than you can do and for making a certainty of what you
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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom. You can only be free if I am
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There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only
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Nothing is more important than the moving image; except for my cup of coffee in the morning. We think too much and feel
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Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is
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Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God. Death
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Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today
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People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is
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We all like stories that make us cry. It’s so nice to feel sad when you’ve nothing in particular to feel sad about.
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Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more:
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Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth
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The propensity to make strong emotional bonds to particular individuals [is] a basic component of human nature Thus, just as animals of many
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To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend. If this work seems so threatening, this is because
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What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe? In other words, the man who
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The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking. Every man is born as many men and
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We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart. I have made this letter longer than usual because
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“Melancholy suicide. —This is connected with a general state of extreme depression and exaggerated sadness, causing the patient no longer to realize sanely
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All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Every
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I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time. Creative minds
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Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry
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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. Religion is regarded by the common people as
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“I love my sculptures, and I was lucky I had them for fifty years because no one would look at them, and I
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