Philosophy Quotes

"Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint."

"The man is his own most vexatious tax collector."

"The good man needs no laws, he needs none because his own nature is a law unto himself."

"The envious man grows lean at another's prosperity."

"As he is to himself so is he to the world."

"From good to evil, the path is very steep."

"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, but the kind of man the country produces."

"Philosophy is the art of living well, not merely thinking well."

"Philosophy teaches us to question everything, including philosophy."

"An examined life is the only life worth living."

"Philosophy is the love of wisdom."

"To understand human nature, one must observe both triumph and degradation without judgment."

"In the decline of empires, we witness the consequences of neglecting virtue."

"The advance of civilization is not linear but cyclical, rising and falling through time."

"The fall of great men often proceeds from the same pride that elevated them."

"The complexity of human motivation defies the simple categorizations of moralists."

"In every person resides the capacity for both great evil and great good."

"In the hearts of men lies both the capacity for greatness and for evil."

"In every man sleeps the capacity for both hero and villain."

"The pursuit of virtue is the only pursuit worthy of a noble mind."

"A society that values appearance over substance is destined for decline."

"A man may conquer the world but lose his own soul."

"A man's character is revealed in his choices."

"The decline of virtue precedes the fall of empires."

"The mind is the battlefield where all struggles are won or lost."

"The mind is the greatest battlefield and the greatest tool."

"Philosophy is the art of asking better questions."

"A single human being is but a small thing in the face of the universe, yet the ideas of individual humans have proved to be the greatest power on the earth."

"The greatest man of ancient times was Plato."

"Man is the measure of all things."