Quotes by Philosophers - Page 279

Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem".
G.K. Chesterton
Why one man rather than another? It was odd. You find yourself involved with a fellow for life just because he was the one that you met when you were nineteen.
Simone de Beauvoir
How unbearable, for women, is the tenderness which a man can give them without love. For men, how bittersweet this is.
Albert Camus
Breasts are a scandal because they shatter the border between motherhood and sexuality.
Iris Marion Young
If there were no Frenchwomen, life wouldn't be worth living.
Friedrich Engels
It is time to effect a revolution in female manners - time to restore to them their lost dignity - and make them, as a part of the human species, labour by reforming themselves to reform the world. It is time to separate unchangeable morals from local manners.
Mary Wollstonecraft
[Y]ou are not ashamed of your sin [in committing adultery] because so many men commit it. Man's wickedness is now such that men are more ashamed of chastity than of lechery. Murderers, thieves, perjurers, false witnesses, plunderers and fraudsters are detested and hated by people generally, but whoever will sleep with his servant girl in brazen lechery is liked and admired for it, and people make light of the damage to his soul. And if any man has the nerve to say that he is chaste and faithful to his wife and this gets known, he is ashamed to mix with other men, whose behaviour is not like his, for they will mock him and despise him and say he's not a real man; for man's wickedness is now of such proportions that no one is considered a man unless he is overcome by lechery, while one who overcomes lechery and stays chaste is considered unmanly.
Augustine of Hippo
I have not yet spoken my last word about women. I believe that if a woman succeeds in withdrawing from the mass, or rather raising herself from above the mass, she grows ceaselessly and more than a man.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
Socrates
Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
Mary Wollstonecraft
[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex.
Mary Wollstonecraft
I think being a woman is like being Irish... Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the time.
Iris Murdoch
If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
Plato
The rainbow’s colors are hidden in the storm.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The darkest part of the storm paints the brightest part of the rainbow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour.
Matshona Dhliwayo
To be knowledgeable, sit before scholars; to be wise, sit before life.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You don’t choose the music your enemies play, but you choose which songs you dance to.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Yesterday, I was clever, I wanted to be rich. Today, I am wise, I want to be happy.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The world accommodates you for fitting in, but only rewards you for standing out.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When excellence comes in at the door, failure flies out the window.
Matshona Dhliwayo
God hides treasure in dirt, so that only those humble enough to dig through it find it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Smile, just to infuriate those who envy you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your deepest scars tell the world of your greatest triumphs.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When people try to bury you, remind yourself you are a seed.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have the power to put a smile on one person’s face, you have the power to change the world.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When people try to pull you down, remember, they had to look up to do so.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Thoughts are powerful; before you were born, you were one.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The beauty all around you is insignificant in comparison to the beauty within you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When you look up and don’t see the stars, the universe may have cleared the sky for you to replace them.
Matshona Dhliwayo
While the whole world was asleep, the caterpillar was awake, working towards becoming a butterfly.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If seeds despaired in their darkest hours, they would never rise to enjoy their brightest days.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Darkness is a prison from which only light escapes.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Today’s storms usher in tomorrow’s sunshine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When a rock transforms into a diamond, lesser stones will not speak of its beauty, but speak of its unpolishedness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The happiest people in the world are those who give happiness to others.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Every seed must rise through dirt to enjoy the sunshine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Never allow yourself to be defined by your past; ‘yesterday’ is just a word, not a dictionary.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If the grass is greener on the other side, try planting better seeds.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Ignore your haters. Resist your fears. Embrace your dreams.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A daisy blooming in a desert is worth more than a rose blossoming in a rainforest.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When night comes do not despair; rejoice instead and say to yourself, “At least now I can see the stars.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It can’t be done,” they told the caterpillar. “It can,” replied the butterfly.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If they ask you how rich you are, tell them to look inside your heart.
Matshona Dhliwayo
There is no smarter professor than life, and no wiser sage than experience.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You are as the sun; the world is your stage; even without an audience, shine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
In a world full of daisies dare to be a rose.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and use it to hang your troubles.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The louder the dogs bark the less a lion feels threatened.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your end can be greater than your beginning: butterflies are the greatest proof of this.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The bad chapters of your life lead to the good ones if you keep turning the pages.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When your past tries to haunt you tell it you don’t believe in ghosts.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The sun announces its presence with light, not words; do likewise.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When the world told the caterpillar its life was over, the butterfly objected, “My life has just begun.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
An Oak tree is a daily reminder that great things often have small beginnings.
Matshona Dhliwayo