Philosophy Quotes

"It is the nature of man to resist change and embrace the comfort of the familiar."

"Men may blame the gods, but they seldom blame themselves for their misfortunes."

"A man is the product of his desires; he becomes that which he yearns for."

"The mind is everything; what a man thinks he becomes."

"In the clash of civilizations, the strongest prevail through understanding, not force."

"Custom is the king of all."

"The stories we tell ourselves become the stories of our lives."

"The poor are not those who have little, but those who desire much."

"The universe is a circle whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere."

"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the universe."

"Man is the measure of all things."

"The night sky holds more truth than all our philosophies combined."

"Every soul is a wanderer upon this earth."

"Accidents of nature are never accidents."

"The mind and body are not separate entities but interconnected aspects of being."

"If cattle and horses and lions had hands, or were able to draw with their hands and create the same works as men, horses would draw the forms of the gods like horses, and cattle like cattle."

"The Ethiops say that their gods are flat-nosed and black, the Thracians that theirs are blue-eyed and red-haired."

"Those mortals suppose the gods to have been born, and to wear clothes like their own, and to have voice and form."

"The mind of man is the measure of all things."

"Those who think they know, know nothing at all."

"The universe is bound together by justice and order."

"We see the world not as it is, but as we are."

"What we believe shapes what we perceive."

"What we resist persists; what we accept transforms."

"The philosopher who acts is greater than the philosopher who merely thinks."

"The philosophical life is a life of constant questioning and humble seeking."

"Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen."

"Order comes from chaos through the action of Mind."

"Mind orders all things."

"Colors are illusions of the mind."