Quotes tagged with 'philosophy'

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
—Anatole France philosophy

There never was a good war or a bad peace.
—Benjamin Franklin philosophy

Oppression isn't hearing a word that offends you. Oppression is being told you can't say certain words because you'll offend someone else.
—Morgan Freeman philosophy woke

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
—Robert Frost philosophy

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
—Mahatma Gandhi philosophy

You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or whole soul.
—Mahatma Gandhi government life philosophy

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
—Mahatma Gandhi life philosophy

Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.
—André Gide philosophy

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
—Stephen Hawking philosophy

It takes two years to learn to speak and sixty to learn to keep quiet.
—Ernest Hemingway philosophy