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“the most common type of pessimism is neither philosophical nor religious: it is the pessimism of thwarted desire. ... It is the cynical sneer of the man who, seeking roses, finds only ashes.”

Men Desire Religious Common He Man Type Philosophical Rose Seeking Pessimism Cynical Ashes Sneer

Author:Georgia Harkness

“What the philosopher is seeking is not truth, but rather the metamorphosis of the world into man.”

Men World Truth Philosophical Philosopher Seeking Metamorphosis

Book:Philosophy and truth: selections from Nietzsche's notebooks of the early 1870's

Source: Philosophy and truth: selections from Nietzsche's notebooks of the early 1870's

“I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.”

God Found Lord Philosophical Seeking Thee Hippo

Author:Saint Augustine

“I want to find a way of speaking to fellow human beings that will be cool rather than heated, philosophical rather than polemical, that will bring enlightenment rather than seeking to divide us into the righteous and the sinners, the saved and the damned, the sheep and the goats.”

Way Want Humans Human Beings Enlightenment Philosophical Fellows Seeking Saved Sinner Divides Sheep Righteous Goats Being Cool

Book:The Lives of Animals: The Lives of Animals [Princeton Classics]

Source: The Lives of Animals: The Lives of Animals [Princeton Classics]

“Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile”

Light Philosophical Seeking

Book:Plays of William Shakespeare

Source: Plays of William Shakespeare

“Seeking is not always the way to find.”

Way Philosophical Seeking

Book:Guesses at Truth

Source: Guesses at Truth

“Would there be this eternal seeking if the found existed?”

Ifs Philosophy Found Eternal Philosophical Seeking

Author:Antonio Porchia

“The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.”

Inspirational Virtue Philosophical Seeking Virtuous Plato

Author:Plato