Philosophy Quotes

February 2013

14 posts

What is verbatim quote of Nietzsche that is ... "Look long into the abyss and the abyss looks back" ?

I can’t tell you verbatim because I don’t speak German, but most translations are along the lines of “And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.”

Feb 28, 201311 notes

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“How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.” —Marcus Aurelias

Feb 7, 2013166 notes

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“Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake” —William James

Feb 6, 2013120 notes

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“Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.” —Bertrand Russell

Feb 6, 2013256 notes

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“Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better” —Niccolo Machiavelli

Feb 5, 201334 notes

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“If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things.” —Fyodor Dostoevsky

Feb 5, 201395 notes

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“Everything is self-evident.” —Rene Descartes

Feb 4, 201334 notes

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“I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.” —Epicurus

Feb 4, 201320 notes

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“By all means let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.” —Richard Dawkins

Feb 3, 2013137 notes

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“Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.” —Jean-Paul Sartre

Feb 3, 2013284 notes

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“Love is a serious mental disease.” —Plato

Feb 2, 2013275 notes

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“If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.” —Epictetus

Feb 2, 201391 notes

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“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” —Aristotle

Feb 1, 2013133 notes

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“Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.” —Seneca the Younger

Feb 1, 2013134 notes

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January 2013

16 posts

Jan 31, 201356 notes

“An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.” —William James

Jan 31, 201331 notes

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“Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.” —Jean-Paul Sartre

Jan 31, 201347 notes

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“I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.” —Niccolo Machiavelli

Jan 30, 201397 notes

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“Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.” —Confucius

Jan 30, 201346 notes

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“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of love, every man becomes a poet.” —Plato

Jan 29, 2013187 notes

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