“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.”
Philosophie
Quotes about philosophie — ideas, advice and perspectives to get inspired.
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
“This is the best of all possible worlds.”
“Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.”
“He who understands the universe as a whole understands it as the best of all possible worlds.”
“A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”
“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?”
“Freedom is the recognition of necessity.”
“How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?”
“Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.”
“In the long run, we are all dead.”
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.”
“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”
“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”
“I am rooted, but I flow.”
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.”
“The present is the only thing that has no end.”
“There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.”
“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.”
“Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.”
“Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.”
“The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”