Quotes by Philosophers - Page 25

...new prejudices will serve as well as old ones to harness the great unthinking masses.For this enlightenment, however, nothing is required but freedom, and indeed the most harmless among all the things to which this term can properly be applied. It is the freedom to make public use of one's reason at every point. But I hear on all sides, 'Do not argue!' The Officer says: 'Do not argue but drill!' The tax collector: 'Do not argue but pay!' The cleric: 'Do not argue but believe!' Only one prince in the world says, 'Argue as much as you will, and about what you will, but obey!' Everywhere there is restriction on freedom.
Immanuel Kant
Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.
Herbert Marcuse
He who is brave is free
Seneca
I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they are illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of human freedom.
Noam Chomsky
Don't ignore your dreams, in them your soul is awake and you are your true self.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Dreams, just dreams, it's all illusion
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Discord on one level is harmony on another
Alan W. Watts
If you aren't destroying your enemies, it's because you have been conquered and assimilated, you do not even have an idea of who your enemies are. You have been brainwashed into believing you are your own enemy, and you are set against yourself. The enemy is laughing at you as you tear yourself to pieces. That is the most effective warfare an enemy can launch on his foes: confounding them.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
What is life but an ongoing war?
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Labels such as ‘‘the culture wars,’’ ‘‘the science wars,’’ or ‘‘the Freud wars’’ are now widely used to refer to some of the disagreements thatplague contemporary intellectual life ... But I would like to register a gentle protest. Metaphors influence the mind in many unnoticed ways. The willingness to describe fierce disagreement in terms of the metaphors of war makes the very existence of real wars seem more natural, more inevitable,more a part of the human condition. It also betrays us into an insensibility toward the very idea of war, so that we are less prone to be aware of how totally disgusting real wars really are.
Ian Hacking
For 1,300 days of Sarajevo's drama, important people in the world who were supposed to act kept their eyes closed, ... But not you. You were not silent. Your voice was clear.
Alijia Izetbegovic
Europe is overpopulated, the world will soon be in the same condition, and if the self-reproduction of man is not rationalized... we shall have war.
Henri Bergson
The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.
Thomas More
Don't expect too much from people who don't even have respect for themselves.
Gift Gugu Mona
When we have to change an opinion about any one, we charge heavily to his account the inconvenience he thereby causes us.
Friedrich Nietzsche
If you want to govern the people,You must place yourself below them.If you want to lead people,You must learn how to follow them.
Lao Tzu
Love may be harder to find in some people, but when they do love you know it must be something marvelous.
Criss Jami
A leader is bestWhen people barely know he existsOf a good leader, who talks little,When his work is done, his aim fulfilled,They will say, “We did this ourselves.
Lao Tzu
When you meet someone, and you find that they are prejudiced against your kind, it might be your chance, not to confirm, but to be the one to finally change their mind.
Criss Jami
The most reliable friend you have is your shadow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Thunderstorms are as much our friends as the sunshine.
Criss Jami
That men of this kind despise women, though a not uncommon belief, is one which hardly appears to be justified. Indeed, though naturally not inclined to 'fall in love' in this direction, such men are by their nature drawn rather near to women, and it would seem that they often feel a singular appreciation and understanding of the emotional needs and destinies of the other sex, leading in many cases to a genuine though what is called 'Platonic' friendship. There is little doubt that they are often instinctively sought after by women, who, without suspecting the real cause, are conscious of a sympathetic chord in the homogenic which they miss in the normal man.
Edward Carpenter
Love knows the way because love is the way.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you blame gravity for falling in love, even God has the right to laugh at you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
What you do for others today you have done for yourself tomorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A kiss is the only thing you can throw at someone without being held criminally responsible.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When something or someone you dearly love is snatched away from you, something of you go with it. You become emotionally amputated
Bangambiki Habyarimana
If you want the most beautiful fish in the sea, make sure you have the most appealing bait.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Be like the sun; bear with those in the dark, but keep shining your light.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The only place you will find love before sacrifice is in the dictionary.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you choose money over love, you will always be poor.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If men could be bought like clothes at an outlet, only then would women always get what they bargained for.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If the final chapter of your life story is written by love, you are guaranteed a happy ending.
Matshona Dhliwayo
As the sun lives on when it sets in the warmth it has given to others, you too will live on in the hearts of those whose lives you have touched.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A thousand ways to please your wife boil down to two words: “Yes, dear.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Be calm when your wife yells at you, calmer when she chastens you, but be terrified when she ignores you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you try to buy love, you will go bankrupt trying to possess it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Embrace all. Help some. Trust few. Harm none.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Love only knocks on your heart’s door when certain it has the right address.
Matshona Dhliwayo
I miss you,” is how she entices you.“I want you,” is how she charms you.“I need you,” is how she entraps you.“I love you,” is how she imprisons you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Treat marriage like a diamond necklace; if broken, fix it, but do not throw it away.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Beauty catches your eye, joy seizes your heart, and love captures your soul.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If someone is destined to be with you, nothing can keep her away; if she is not, nothing can make her stay.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The most valuable real estate in the universe is inside your soul.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Joy is the best companion, virtue is the noblest acquaintance, wisdom is the cleverest friend, and love is the kindest soul mate.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When you are madly in love with someone, even when sanity tries to rescue you, you wrestle it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Love conquers the body by embracing it,conquers the mind by massaging it,conquers the heart by kissing it,and conquers the soul by marrying it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from the sun; it is warm to everyone, and is therefore never in short supply of those who adore it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you kiss her cheeks, she is your friend; if you kiss her lips, she is your lover; if you kiss her heart, she is your soul mate.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you are sad, love will make you happy; afraid, love will make you brave; weak, love will make you strong; and broken, love will make you whole.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Love lost is better than hate found. True criticism is better than false praise. Genuine enemies are better than counterfeit friends.
Matshona Dhliwayo
An inch to a man’s heart is a mile to his wallet.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Dear fear, I’m divorcing you. Dear courage, I’m courting you. Dear hope, I’m pursuing you. Dear love, I’m marrying you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowledge offers you strength. Wisdom promises you influence. Understanding assures you wealth. Love guarantees you power.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Give of yourself to others and others will give of themselves to you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Lust promises you the world, and disappoints. Love promises you the universe, and delivers.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Jealousy says, “Compete with each other.” Envy says, “Destroy each other.” Empathy says, “Help each other.” Love says, “Empower each other.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A sword can only pierce the body, but love can pierce the soul.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Love has two rules: the first one is love, and the second one is love some more.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When love intoxicates your heart, it is difficult for your soul to remain sober.
Matshona Dhliwayo