Quotes
These are various quotes I found which were interesting. Don't read too much into them and what correlation they have to me as a person. I just thought they were interesting.
Seneca- Roman Orator
"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor strengthens the body"
"Most powerful is he who is himself in his own power."
"Toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or another."
"Wealth is the slave of the wise man. The master of a fool."
"Without an adversary, prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of."
"There is no great genius without some touch of madness."
"No man ever became wise by chance."
"Drunkeness is nothing more than voluntary madness."
"All cruelty springs from weakness."
Confucius- Chinese Philosopher
"I am not bothered by the fact that I am unknown. I am bothered by the fact that I don't know others."
"To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous."
"When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them."
"Have no friends not equal to yourself."
"Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand."
"Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star."
"When anger rises, think of the consequences. "
Friedrich Nietzsche- German Philosopher
"Without music, life would be an error."
"In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point."
"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."
"Anyone who despises himself will still respect himself as a despiser."
"What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil."
"The thought of suicide is a powerful solace: by means of it one gets through many a bad night."
"I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time."
"In heaven all the interesting people are missing."
"After the old god has been assassinated, I am ready to rule the world."
Voltaire
"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O, Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it."
"I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom."
"A witty saying proves nothing"
"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."
"Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother."
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