Quotes by Philosophers

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself.

Freedom is the right to live as we wish.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

The cautious seldom err.

Practice yourself, for heavens sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.

Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.

The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.

To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.

I will not be concerned at other men is not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

When you see a man of worth, think of how you may emulate him. When you see one who is unworthy, examine yourself.

Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.

Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

I am not bothered by the fact that I am unknown. I am bothered when I do not know others.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonourable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.