“A thirsty ambition for truth and virtue, and a frenzy to conquer all lies and vices which are not recognized as such nor desire to be; herein consists the heroic spirit of the philosopher.” SpiritLyingDesireVirtueAmbitionPhilosopherVicesConquerHeroicThirstyFrenzy Author:Johann Georg Hamann
“A statue lies hid in a block of marble, and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter and removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone; the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero,--the wise, the good, or the great man,--very often lies hid and concealed in a plebeian, which a proper education might have disinterred, and have brought to light.” MenHumansArtSoulMatterLightMightLyingEducationWiseFiguresHeroStonesSaintPhilosopherBlockGreat MenRemoveSculptureStatuesHuman SoulConcealedMarbleRubbishSculptorsSuperfluousPlebeians Book:The works of ... Joseph Addison, with notes by R. Hurd Source: The works of ... Joseph Addison, with notes by R. Hurd
“An Italian philosopher said that "time was his estate"; an estate indeed which will produce nothing without cultivation, but will always abundantly repay the labors of industry, and generally satisfy the most extensive desires, if no part of it be suffered to lie in waste by negligence, to be overrun with noxious plants, or laid out for show rather than for use.” IfsSaidUseShowsLyingDesireProduceIndustryOne DayWasteLaborPlantPhilosopherItalianEstatesCultivationNegligence Author:Samuel Johnson
“The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.” HumansRealTruthLyingValuesHuman BeingsKindnessHonestyThousandRelationPhilosopherPursueSymbolsBeing RealMathematicianHuman RelationsReal Value Book:The Heart of The Matter Source: The Heart of The Matter
“If God does not exist, and if religion is an illusion that the majority of men cannot live without ... let men believe in the lies of religion since they cannot do without them, and let then a handful of sages, who know the truth and can live with it, keep it among themselves. Men are then divided into the wise and the foolish, the philosophers and the common men, and atheism becomes a guarded, esoteric doctrine - for if the illusions of religion were to be discredited, there is no telling with what madness men would be seized, with what uncontrollable anguish.” IfsKnowsMenBelieveDoeWould BeLyingCommonWiseAtheismIllusionLet MeMadnessMajorityPhilosopherScaryFoolishDoctrineDividedAnguishSageHandfulGuardedCommon ManEsotericUncontrollable Author:Irving Kristol