There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into th...
What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition!
A problem isn't a real problem till you decide to make it a problem... so what's the problem again?
The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem
Washington doesn't have just a spending problem, or just an entitlement problem, or just a taxing problem. We have a leadership problem. Fix that, and the first three problems are solved.
If you want to know what happiness is, you need to go to the philosophers. Start with the Wikipedia article “Philosophy of Happiness.” Then go to the Stanford Online Encyclopedia of Philosophy, search for “happiness,” and follow through the a...
English does not distinguish between arrogant-up (irreverence toward the temporarily powerful) and arrogant-down (directed at the small guy).
The curious mind embraces science; the gifted and sensitive, the arts; the practical, business; the leftover becomes an economist
Just as no monkey is as good-looking as the ugliest of humans, no academic is worthier than the worst of the creators
In poor countries, officials receive explicit bribes; in D.C. they get the sophisticated, implicit, unspoken promise to work for large corporations
What organized dating sites fail to understand is that the people are far more interesting in what they don't say about themselves.
In the past, only some of the males, but all of the females, were able to procreate. Equality is more natural for females.
true humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing
They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom.
Democracy should always be viewed with a philosophical perspective rather than a political one, because after all democracy was born to a philosopher and murdered by a politician.
He sensed Death with a depth and clarity of which only small children or great philosophers are capable, philosophers who are themselves almost childlike in the power and simplicity of their thinking.
kepuasan diri melindungi orang bahkan dari terkena pilek. pernahkah seorang perempuan yang tahu bahwa ia berpakaian pantas terkena pilek? saya asumsikan dia hampir tidak berpakaian samasekali
I’ve been trying to get my career off the ground for so long, I’ve given up and decided to become a pilot.
Plato dramatically puts the detachment of the philosopher from his time this way: to philosophize is to prepare to die.
It is our ignorance of things that causes all our admiration and chiefly excites our passions.
Whoever possessed knowledge not only had power over the changeable passions of people, but also power over their thinking, over their minds, hearts and souls.
