Philosophers

Friedrich Engels

"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory."

David Hume

"Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions."

George Berkeley

"To be is to be perceived."

Karl Marx

"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it."

Ayn Rand

"The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me."

René Descartes

"I think, therefore I am."

Simone De Beauvoir

"One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman."

Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

Albert Camus

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

Henry David Thoreau

"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."

Leonardo Da Vinci

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

Confucius

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

Plato

"The greatest wealth is to live content with little."

Epictetus

"It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

Friedrich Nietzsche

"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him."

Jean-Paul Sartre

"Existence precedes essence."

Marcus Aurelius

"You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."

Socrates

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

John Locke

"All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions."