Philosophy Quotes

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought"

"The unexamined life is not worth living"

"The Master said: 'It is man who can make the way great, not the way that makes man great.'"

"The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell."

"Everything that comes out of the body is disgusting. No: that is not true."

"Full of archaic language, the classical texts seem to have nothing to do with current life."

"To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous."

"True words seem paradoxical."

"The perfect man has no self; the spiritual man has no achievement; the sage has no name."

"The sage acts without acting, speaks without speaking."

"When you do nothing, nothing remains undone."

"The usefulness of usefulness is usefulness; the usefulness of uselessness is uselessness."

"In the garden of confusion, the weeds and flowers grow together."

"The sound of one hand clapping is the sound of your own nature."

"The man who speaks much is often wrong; the man who speaks little is often right."

"In attempting to improve the world, we often only make it worse."

"The sage does not resist the world; he dances with it."

"To find meaning in life, stop searching for meaning in life."

"To find your purpose, stop searching for your purpose."

"What you resist, persists; what you accept, transforms."

"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one."

"Consider that everything is opinion and opinion can be changed."

"A man can do what he wills, but he cannot will what he wills."

"Run down the list of those who felt intense anger at something: the most famous, the most unfortunate, the most hated, the most evil - where are they now?"

"You are a little soul carrying around a corpse."

"Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it."

"You exist as an individual for only a short span of time, and not even this remains in your control."

"Philosophy is a gift from the gods to be cherished above all possessions."

"Virtue arises from wisdom, not from laws or customs."

"The gods care nothing for human affairs, so we must care for ourselves."