BonJour, Laurence

Philosopher American Born 1943 (age 83)

Developed foundationalism and coherentism in epistemology.

404 quotes

"Honesty is the best policy."
Truth
"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
Truth
"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."
Patience
"Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind."
Patience
"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Kindness
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
Kindness
"Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't."
Strength
"The only way to gain strength is by your struggle."
Strength
"Gratitude is the antidote to fear."
Gratitude
"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings."
Gratitude
"Creativity is intelligence having fun."
Creativity
"Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected."
Creativity
"Justice is the constant and perpetual will to give everyone their due."
Justice
"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."
Justice
"The mind is a garden that requires constant cultivation to flourish."
Wisdom
"In the silence of solitude, we discover who we truly are."
Solitude
"Every ending is merely a new beginning wearing different clothes."
Change
"Kindness is the only currency that multiplies when spent."
Kindness
"We are not defined by our failures, but by our willingness to rise again."
Perseverance
"The greatest art is the art of living authentically."
Art
"Freedom begins the moment we stop seeking permission from others."
Freedom
"Time is the one gift we cannot manufacture or retrieve."
Time
"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is friendship with uncertainty."
Courage
"Love is the bridge that connects all human souls."
Love
"In nature's silence, we hear the truth we've been avoiding."
Nature
"The pursuit of happiness often obscures happiness itself."
Happiness
"Knowledge without application is merely decoration for the mind."
Knowledge
"Peace is not the absence of struggle, but acceptance of it."
Peace
"Dreams are the blueprints of our becoming."
Dreams
"True strength lies in vulnerability, not in the absence of it."
Strength