Philosophy Quotes

Carl Jung on human purpose. ✱ @philosophors

Charlie Chaplin on perspective and the human experience. ✱ @philosophors

Søren Kierkegaard on the disruptive power of genius. ✱ @philosophors

Erich Fromm on self-trust and faithfulness to others. ✱ @philosophors

Oscar Wilde on pain and inner growth. ✱ @philosophors

Mark Twain on the irony of success. ✱ @philosophors

Johannes Kepler on truth over approval. ✱ @philosophors

Albert Camus on the human condition. ✱ @philosophors

Pablo Picasso on inspiration and action. ✱ @philosophors

“I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.” — Colette ✱ @philosophors

“We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.” — Theodore Roosevelt https://philosophors.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-letter-473

“It is one of the tragedies of the half-educated that they develop late, when they are already committed to some wrong way of life.” — George Orwell ✱ @philosophors

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” — Isaac Asimov ✱ @philosophors

“The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.” — Erich Fromm ✱ @philosophors

“Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.” — Gustave Flaubert https://philosophors.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-letter-472

“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something that he can understand.” — Bertrand Russell ✱ @philosophors

“So far as I can see, all political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.” — George Orwell https://philosophors.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-letter-471

“If I’m ever to reach any understanding of myself and the things around me, I must learn to stand alone.” — Henrik Ibsen https://philosophors.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-letter-470

“The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield.” — George Orwell https://philosophors.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-letter-469

“Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.” — Charles Dickens https://philosophors.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-letter-468