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To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, not even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust
Philosophy is a route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing
To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical
There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide
Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence
Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases
Philosophy is the highest music
All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others
When people begin to philosophize they seem to think it necessary to make themselves artificially stupid
Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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