Life is finite, but knowledge is infinite. To pursue the infinite with the finite is exhausting; and to pursue it through knowledge is equally exhausting.
As a moment, it is certainly brief... yet it is decisive, and full of eternity. — Kierkegaard
What is truly terrifying is not the occasional slip-up that everyone might encounter, but the errors and prejudices that take root deep within custom and the human heart.
In every moment of survival, man is a passive tool subject to necessity. — Holbach
The best person is yourself.
If I can tolerate my wife, I can tolerate anyone!
Justice is the primary value of social institutions, just as truth is the primary value of thought. — Rawls
Man is, first of all, a being that projects himself toward a future and knows that he is doing so. — Sartre
If we admit defeat too readily, we might fail to realize how close we are to being right. — Karl Popper
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man. — Heraclitus
Time is precious; an inch of time is worth an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy a moment of time. Friend, seize today, so that you may be worthy of yesterday and face a bright tomorrow with confidence. May we cherish every second of life to create a meaningful existence.
Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. — Bacon
Without a certain degree of solitude, there can be no inner peace.
Turn your face toward the sun, and you cannot see the shadows.
One who cannot rule himself cannot be called free. — Pythagoras
Scientific language games aim to make their statements true, but they lack the power to legitimize the truths they propose. — Lyotard
Man dwells poetically upon the earth, despite all his achievements. — Hölderlin
In anything, the essential characteristics of beauty and goodness are compatible, for they are built upon the same form; thus, goodness is praised as beauty. — Thomas Aquinas
The lantern in my hand makes the dark path ahead my enemy. — Tagore
In this life, we are but passing travelers. — Thomas Aquinas
Boldly hypothesize, carefully verify; act earnestly, live seriously.
