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George Santayana

(1863 - 1952)

Philosopher, Writer, Poet

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.
Expectation - Philosophy
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Ayn Rand

Writer, Philosopher

When you force a man to act against his own choice and judgment, it's his thinking that you want him to suspend.
Actions - Choice - Force - Judging - Man - Novel - People - Philosophy - Thinking - Wants
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Samuel Johnson

Writer, Poet, Lexicographer

They whose activity of imagination is often shifting the scenes of expectation, are frequently subject to such sallies of caprice as make all their actions fortuitous, destroy the value of their friendship, obstruct the efficacy of their virtues, and set them below the meanest of those who persist in their resolutions, execute what they design, and perform what they have promised.
Actions - Activity - Caprice - Design - Expectation - Imagination - Persistence - Value - Virtue
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Seneca the Younger

Philosopher, Statesman, Dramatist

The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.
Certainty - Chance - Dependence - Expectation - Future - Loss - Power - Time - Uncertainty
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Ludwig Wittgenstein

Economist, Philosopher, Philosopher

The object of philosophy is the logical clarification of thought.
Objectification - Philosophy
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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essayist, Lecturer, Philosopher, Poet

To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty.
Giving - Good - Inspiration - Philosophy
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Niccolo Machiavelli

Politician, Historian, Philosopher, Writer

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
Inspiration - Man - Offence - Philosophy
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Augustine of Hippo

Theologian, Philosopher

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
Imperfection - Man - Perfection - Philosophy - Saints
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Werner Heisenberg

Educator, Physicist, Physicist

My mind was formed by studying philosophy, Plato and that sort of thing.
Mindset - Philosophy - Studying
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Amos Bronson Alcott

Educator, Writer, Philosopher, Reformer

The finer literature, indeed, is characterized by a certain suffusion of the feminine flavor, the finer, the more ideal, thought plumed with sentiment; even science loves to spring from its feet, philosophy affect the clouds to inspire and edify.
Certainty - Femininity - Flavors - Inspiration - Literature - Philosophy
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Ayn Rand

Writer, Philosopher

Get the hell out of my way!
Army - Leaving - Military - Novel - Philosophy - Racing - Strength
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George Santayana

Philosopher, Writer, Poet

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases.
Facts - Making - Mastering - Philosophy - Pleasure - Possibility - Simple - Truth
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Mahatma Gandhi

Lawyer, Politician, Civil Rights Activist

I still believe that man, not having been given the power of creation, does not posses the right of destroying the meanest creature that lives. The perogative of destruction belongs solely to the Creator of all that lives.
Animals - Belief - Creating - Creativity - Destructiveness - Giving - Man - Philosophy
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Jack London

Public Servant, Novelist, Author

I early learned that there were two natures in me. This caused me a great deal of trouble, till I worked out a philosophy of life and struck a compromise between the flesh and the spirit. Too great an ascendancy of either was to be abnormal, and since normality is almost a fetish of mine, I finally succeeded in balancing both natures. Ordinarily they are at equilibrium; yet as frequently as one is permitted to run rampant, so is the other. I have small regard for an utter brute or for an utter saint.
Compromise - Deal - Normal - Philosophy - Saints - Spirits - Trouble
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Ayn Rand

Writer, Philosopher

The greatest threat to mankind and civilization is the spread of the totalitarian philosophy. Its best ally is not the devotion of its followers but the confusion of its enemies. To fight it, we must understand it.
Confusion - Devotion - Enemy - Fighting - Follower - Mankind - Philosophy - Threat
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Bertrand Russell

Philosopher, Writer, Activist

Scientific societies are as yet in their infancy. It is to be expected that advances in physiology and psychology will give governments much more control over individual mentality than they now have even in totalitarian countries. Fitche laid it down that education should aim at destroying free will, so that, after pupils have left school, they shall be incapable, throughout the rest of their lives, of thinking or acting otherwise than as their schoolmasters would have wished.
Aiming - Countries - Expectation - Incapacity
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William Butler Yeats

Clergyman, Poet, Poet

What shall I do with this absurdity- O heart, O troubled heart-this caricature, Decrepit age that has been tied to me As to a dog's tail? Never had I more Excited, passionate, fantastical Imagination, nor an ear and eye That more expected the impossible.
Absurd - Age - Excitement - Expectation - Imagination - Impossible
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Actor, Writer, Author

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
Good - Man - Observation - Philosophy - Proof
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Zhuangzi

Actress, Philosopher, Philosopher

You are still guided by your expectations.
Expectation - Taoism
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Ayn Rand

Writer, Philosopher

One of the most destructive anti-concepts in the history of moral philosophy is the term 'duty.
Destructiveness - Morals - Philosophy
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Marcus Aurelius

Former Roman Emperor

He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will be for time without end; for all things are of one kin and of one form.
End - Philosophy - Taking
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