wisdom Quotes

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by others.

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.

Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.

If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he is of going further. How can a part know the whole?

To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.

Vanity is but the surface.

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that 'a quiet conscience makes one strong!'

In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.

'Happiness' is a pointless goal.