Philosophy Quotes

"The state is eternal; individuals are merely temporary."

"Sentiment is a luxury the powerful cannot afford."

"The masses crave order more than they crave freedom."

"The will of the leader is the will of history."

"A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes."

"We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary."

"The gravest threat to our survival is not meteorites or tsunami or supervolcanoes, but ourselves."

"The human story does not always unfold like mathematics."

"One cannot invent a system so perfect that no one needs to be good."

"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be."

"We live in a time of moral and spiritual crisis."

"There are as many opinions as there are experts."

"Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds."

"A perfect technocrat is the perfect fool."

"The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force."

"Everything I have said and done in these years is relativism by intuition."

"Philosophy without action is merely academic exercise."

"Without revolutionary theory, there can be no revolutionary movement."

"The essence of Marxism is the concrete analysis of concrete conditions."

"Spontaneity without organization is merely chaos."

"Economic relations form the base upon which all else is built."

"The state will wither away when class distinctions no longer exist."

"The capitalist sees only profit where the revolutionary sees human potential."

"Your own conscious mind is a part of a greater consciousness that pervades everything."

"If we believe in democracy, we must believe in the ability of people to govern themselves."

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes."

"In doing something, if you do not abide by some principles, then just for the sake of conduct, you are not going to create impact."

"Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound and strong nation."

"Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit."

"Khadi symbolizes independence and equality of all on the loom of non-violence."