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Quotes I like from Famous Philosophers
 
I can relate to some of them, but it’s simply impossible to list all of my favorites.
 
“Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.” Lao Tzu
 
“Be the chief but never the lord” Lao Tzu
 
“From caring comes courage” Lao Tzu
 
“Great acts are made up of small deeds” Lao Tzu
 
“He who is contented is rich” Lao Tzu
 
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” Jean-Jacques Rouss
 
“Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.” Jean-Jacques Rouss
  
“Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it” Jean-Jacques Rouss
 
“As sight is in the body, so is reason in the soul.”  Aristotle
 
“Punishment is a sort of medicine.”  Aristotle
 
“To the query, what is a friend? His reply was a single soul dwelling in two bodies.”  Aristotle
 
“All men by nature desire knowledge.”  Aristotle
 
“Against boredom the gods themselves fight in vain.”  Friedrich Nietzsche
 

“The kingdom of Heaven is a condition of the heart- not something that comes upon the earth or after death.”  Friedrich Nietzsche

 
What is good? - All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man.

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.”  Immanuel Kant
 
Do what is right, though the world may perish” Immanuel Kant
 
“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.”  Immanuel Kant
 
 “It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge that begins with experience.”  Immanuel Kant
 
 “Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination” Immanuel Kant
 
“If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us at least live so as to deserve it”  Immanuel Hermass Von Fichte
 

“We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.”  Iris Murdoch

“Every man needs two women, a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.”  Iris Murdoch
 
“Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes.”  Iris Murdoch
 
Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins” Iris Murdoch
 
One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats” Iris Murdoch
 
 Immature love says:  “I Love you because I need you” 
Mature love says: “I need you because I love you.”  Erich Fromm
 “Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you I had no control over.”

“Love me when I least deserve it, because that’s when I really need it.”  Swedish Proverb
  “If you want to be happy, be.” Leo Nikolaevich tolstoy
   “Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much as you will, it is always quite new.”  Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
  “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”  Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy.
 
“Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace”  Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy.
 
“Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals”.  Guatama Siddhartha Buddha
 
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense” Guatama Siddhartha Buddha
 
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment” Guatama Siddhartha Budda
 
“All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else” Guatama Siddhartha Buddha
 
“A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes” Mohandas Gandhi

“A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave” Mohandas Gandhi
 
“There is more to life than increasing its speed” Mohandas Gandhi
 
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind” Mohandas Gandhi
 
“One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic” Joseph Stalin
 
“Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem” Joseph Stalin
 
“Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach” Joseph Stalin
 
“You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves” Joseph Stalin

“A leader is a dealer in hope” Napoleon Bonaparte
 
“A picture is worth a thousand words” Napoleon Bonaparte
 
“Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment” Napoleon Bonaparte
 
“All religions have been made by men” Napoleon Bonaparte
 
“Ability is nothing without opportunity” Napoleon Bonaparte
 
“A true man hates no one” Napoleon Bonaparte
 

“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet” Napoleon Bonaparte

”Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich” Napoleon Bonaparte