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Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
A man is his own best friend; therefore he ought to love himself best.
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.
By 'life,' we mean a thing that can nourish itself and grow and decay.
Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.
That I could clamber to the frozen moon. And draw the ladder after me.
Not to go to the theater is like making one's toilet without a mirror.
Religion is an illusion of childhood, outgrown under proper education.
If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
Love is nothing but joy accompanied with the idea of an eternal cause.
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature.
Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one.
Life and hope for the world are to be found only in the deeds of love.
[One] must look into hell before one has any right to speak of heaven.
If I had followed the multitude, I should not have studied philosophy.
If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.
There is only one thing in life which never changes, and it is change.
If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
Therefore the superior man is watchful over himself, when he is alone.
We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.
Problems in science are sometimes made easier by adding complications.
We have had plenty of atheist presidents; they just wouldn't admit it.
The heart of man is made to reconcile the most glaring contradictions.
It is a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
Somewhere between the Angels and the French lies the rest of humanity.
It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.
Philosophy is a state of fermentation a process without final outcome.
The house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Our youth we can have but to-day, We may always find time to grow old.
Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without.
Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise.
For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep.
Reason and happiness are like other flowers; they wither when plucked.
Work and love these are the basics; waking life is a dream controlled.
I like to walk about amidst the beautiful things that adorn the world.
Eloquence is a republican art, as conversation is an aristocratic one.
The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art.
An anomaly is not an abnormality. Diversity does not signify sickness.
The straight line cannot proceed through the torturous twists of life.
I believe strongly that philosophy has nothing to do with specialists.
Equality...is the result of human organization. We are not born equal.
Political questions are far too serious to be left to the politicians.
As a philosopher, I'm not obliged to explore every unknown wilderness.