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The free conversation of a friend is what I would prefer to any environment.
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it
The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
Do not practice buddha-dharma with the thought that it is to benefit others.
Usually one gets a heavier cross when one attempts to get rid of an old one.
Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
Ideas, and even the detection of errors, require more than care and caution.
The independence of the economic sphere was a tenet of faith with Liberalism
It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
Every knave is a thorough knave, and a thorough knave is a knave throughout.
Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.
To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.
Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.
It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true.
Perhaps your fear in passing judgement is greater than mine in receiving it.
To [man] it is granted to have whatever he chooses, to be whatever he wills.
There is nothing in philosophy which could not be said in everyday language.
Man is a passion which brings a will into play, which works an intelligence.
Charm is the quality in others, that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.
Even sleepers are workers and collaborators on what goes on in the universe.
Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.
Freedom is that faculty that enlarges the usefulness of all other faculties.
Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.
People need new tools to work with rather than new tools that work for them.
Every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. (23-24)
It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
We are reduced to asking others what we are. We never dare to ask ourselves.
I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.
She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.
What is boredom? It is when there is simultaneously too much and not enough.
A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution.
All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.
I look upon logical proofs the way a well-bred girl looks upon a love letter
It is easier to make a lady of a peasant-girl than a peasant-girl of a lady.
Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.
We cannot set up, out of our heads, something we regard as an ideal society.
How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?
The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.
I'm concerned about the survival, historically, of constitutional democracy.
Whatever is referred to must exist. Let us call this the axiom of existence.
Virtue, as such, naturally procures considerable advantages to the virtuous.
The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.
The class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat.
Every genuine test of a theory is an attempt to falsify it, or to refute it.
Find the shortest, simplest way between the earth, the hands, and the mouth.
There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take the one with a heart.