‘Classic Figures, Philosophers & Leaders’ Archives
Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher known for his pessimism and philosophical clarity. Schopenhauer's most influential work, The World as Will and Representation, emphasized the role of man's basic motivation, which Schopenhauer called will. (Source: Wikipedia) All truth passes through three [...]
Aristotle Quotes
Happiness depends upon ourselves. A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so. A friend is a second self. All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen. - Nicomachean Ethics c 325 BC Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, [...]
Frederic Bastiat Quotes
Frederic Bastiat was a French theorist, political economist and a forerunner to the Austrian school. Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone. Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, [...]
Cicero Quotes
Cicero, born Marcus Tullius Cicero, was a Roman orator, author and politician. He was born January 3, 106 BC and died December 7, 43 BC. An unjust peace is better than a just war. The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign [...]
Aldous Huxley Quotes
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) Author of "Brave New World" From Mike Wallace interview in 1958: This is Aldous Huxley, a man haunted by a vision of hell on earth. A searing social critic, Mr. Huxley 27 years ago, wrote Brave New World, a novel that predicted that some day the entire world would live under a frightful dictatorship. Today Mr. [...]
Calvin Coolidge Quotes
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. Civilization and profits go hand in hand.
