From Meister Eckhart: “Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.”
Tag Archives: philosophy
Quote of the day 02/07/24
From Arthur Schopenhauer: “It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.”
Quote of the day 02/06/24
From Arthur Schopenhauer: “Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.”
Quote of the day 02/05/24
From Arthur Schopenhauer: “A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.”
Quote of the day 02/04/24
From Arthur Schopenhauer: “Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.”
Quote of the day 01/31/24
From Plato: “Never discourage anyone…who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”
Quote of the day 01/29/25
From Plato: “…if a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.”
Quote of the day 01/20/24
From John Locke: “The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.”
Quote of the day 01/19/24
From John Locke: “Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.”
Quote of the day 01/18/24
From John Locke: “It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.”