This smart selection includes philosophical statements on various aspects human life:

• I am seriously convinced that the world is run by completely crazy people. Those who are not crazy either abstain or cannot participate. Tolstoy L. N.
• A noble husband thinks about what is right. Short person thinks about what is profitable. Confucius
• I've never met a cat who cared what mice said about him. Yuzef Bulatovich

• Be supportive of bold endeavors. Virgil
• What's easy? - Give advice to others. Thales of Miletus
• Among the fools there is a certain sect called hypocrites, who constantly learn to deceive themselves and others, but more than others than themselves, and in reality they deceive themselves more than others. Leonardo da Vinci
• A person who calls everything by its proper name is better off not showing his face on the street - he will be beaten up as an enemy of society. George Saville Halifax
• The cheerful expression on his face is gradually reflected in inner world. Immanuel Kant
• What you should not do, do not do even in your thoughts. Epictetus
• The war will last as long as people are foolish enough to be surprised and help those who kill them by the thousands. Pierre Buast
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  An intelligent person sees before him an immeasurable realm of the possible, but a fool considers only what is possible to be possible. Denis Diderot
• World history is the sum of everything that could have been avoided. Bertrand Russell
• Conviction is the conscience of the mind. Nicola Chamfort
• Giving out someone else's secret is treason, giving out your own is stupidity. Voltaire
• He who constantly restrains himself is always unhappy for fear of being unhappy sometimes. Claude Helvetius
• A fool believes every word, but a prudent man pays attention to his ways. Mishley
• Those who want to learn are often harmed by the authority of those who teach. Cicero
• It's sad to be a scapegoat among donkeys. Przekruj
• Happy is he who boldly takes under protection what he loves. Ovid
• Children should be taught what will be useful to them when they grow up. Aristippus
• One should beware of abusing mercy. Machiavelli
• Trust placed in a treacherous person gives him the opportunity to do harm. Seneca
• The hottest coals in hell are reserved for those who remained neutral during times of greatest moral crisis. Dante
• If 50 million people say something stupid, it's still stupid. Anatole France
• The speech of truth is simple. Plato
• If opposing opinions are not expressed, then there is nothing to choose the best from. Herodotus
• The opposite is cured by the opposite. Hippocrates
• If you buy what you don't need, you will soon sell what you do need. Benjamin Franklin
• A government acting without the consent of those whom it rules is the complete formula for slavery. Jonathan Swift
• There are weapons worse than slander; this weapon is the truth. Talleyrand
• It is not appropriate for a decent person to pursue universal respect: let it come to him on its own against his will. Nicola Chamfort
• Women don't count their years. Their friends do it for them. Yuzef BulatOvich
• He who knows himself is his own executioner. Friedrich Nietzsche
• And please don’t tell me about tolerance, it seems there are special houses set aside for it. Mark Aldanov
• Memory is a copper board covered with letters, which time imperceptibly smoothes out, if sometimes they are not renewed with a chisel. John Locke
• True conservatism is the struggle of eternity with time, the resistance of incorruptibility to decay. Nikolay Berdyaev
• The frame of the house will collapse from lazy hands, and whoever gives up will have a leaking roof. Kohelet/Ecclesiastes
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  Slander is the revenge of cowards. Samuel Johnson
• She yielded so quickly that he did not have time to retreat. Yuzef BulatOvich
• When a person does not know which pier he is heading towards, not a single wind will be favorable for him. Seneca
• Favors do not bring people together. Anyone who does a favor does not receive gratitude; the one to whom it is done does not consider it a favor. Edmund Burke
• Who hates the world? Those who tore apart the truth. Augustine the Blessed
• Education creates differences between people. John Locke
• He who convinces too hard will not convince anyone. Nicola Chamfort
• No pretense can last long. Cicero
• It is better to acquit ten guilty than to accuse one innocent. Catherine II
• An injustice committed against one person is a threat to all. Charles Louis Montesquieu
• The best way to instill in children love for the fatherland is for their fathers to have this love. Charles Louis Montesquieu
• You cannot help someone who does not want to listen to advice. Benjamin Franklin
• Narrow-minded people usually condemn everything that goes beyond their understanding. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• It is not enough to master wisdom; one must also be able to use it. Cicero
• I will not be understood there and will not be received well here. A. Dumas
• Do not follow the majority out of evil and do not resolve disputes by deviating from the truth for the majority. Shemot/Exodus
• To many, philosophers are as painful as night revelers disturbing the sleep of civilians. Arthur Schopenhauer
• True victory is only when the enemies themselves admit defeat. Claudian
• Courage is tested when we are in the minority; tolerance - when we are in the majority. Ralph Sockman
• We should strive not to ensure that everyone understands us, but to ensure that we cannot be misunderstood. Virgil
• We praise much more often what is praised by others than what is praiseworthy in itself. Jean de La Bruyère

• A fly that does not want to be swatted feels safest on the firecracker itself. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
• The thoughts of the best minds always ultimately become the opinion of society. Philip Chesterfield
• Perhaps an atheist is unable to come to the Lord for the same reasons that a thief is unable to come to a policeman. Lawrence Peter
• Do not have mercy on a weak enemy, because if he becomes powerful, he will not have mercy on you. Saadi
• Peace must be won by victory, not by agreement. Cicero
• It is not true that politics is the art of the possible. Politics is a choice between disastrous and unpleasant. John Kenneth Galbraith
• People are so simple-minded and so absorbed in immediate needs that a deceiver will always find someone who will allow himself to be fooled. Machiavelli
• Ignorance is not an argument. Ignorance is not an argument. Spinoza
• It is not human nature to love someone who obviously hates us. Henry Fielding
• They often go far to look for what they have at home. Voltaire
• It is better to fight among a few good people against many bad ones, than among many bad people against a few good ones. Antisthenes
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  The wicked flees when no one is pursuing him; but the righteous is bold like a lion. Mishley
• It is better to be the first for an ugly woman than the hundredth for a beauty. Pearl Buck
• You need to have the courage to express your beliefs. Sechenov I. M.
• Whoever forgives a crime becomes an accomplice. Voltaire
• I value one experience higher than a thousand opinions born only of imagination. M.V. Lomonosov
• He who desires peace should prepare for war. Vegetius
• Trust shown usually results in reciprocal loyalty. Titus Livy
• When a butcher tells you that his heart bleeds for his homeland, he knows what he is saying. Samuel Johnson
• The insults and honors of the crowd should be accepted indifferently: not to rejoice at one and not to suffer from the other. Publilius Syrus
• As soon as you imagine that you are unable to complete a certain task, from that moment on it becomes impossible for you to carry it out.
• The relationship between the sexes involves friction. Samuel Butler
• Sometimes the best beats the best. Titus Livy
• Pessimism is a luxury that Jews cannot afford. Golda Meir
• Error always contradicts itself, truth never. Claude Helvetius
• Understanding is the beginning of agreement. Spinoza, Benedict
• There is only one good - knowledge, and only one evil - ignorance. Socrates
• It is commendable to do what is proper and not what is permitted. Seneca
• There are people who will not begin to hear until their ears are cut off. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
• In a philosophical discussion, the loser gains more in the sense that he increases knowledge. Epicurus
• If power unites with justice, what could be stronger than this union? Aeschylus
• Let the sages say whatever they want, but you can get rid of one extreme only by falling into the other. Philip Chesterfield
• If we want to enjoy the world, we have to fight for it. Cicero
• The most a great victory- victory over your negative thinking. Socrates
• Jews are hated for their virtues, not their vices. Theodor Herzl
• Freedom cannot survive if the people are corrupt. Edmund Burke
• For the triumph of evil, only one condition is necessary - that good people sat with their hands folded. Edmund Burke
• To recognize a duty and not fulfill it is cowardice. Confucius
• The job of the smart is to foresee trouble before it comes; It is the job of the brave to deal with trouble when it comes. Pittacus
• Your right is to swear, my right is not to listen. Aristippus
• The pride of low people is to constantly talk about themselves, while the pride of high people is to not talk about themselves at all. Voltaire
• Triumph over oneself is the crown of philosophy. Diogenes
• Where hope dies, emptiness arises. Leonardo da Vinci
• Cowardice is very harmful because it keeps the will from useful actions. Rene Descartes
• Every doctrine is true in what it affirms and false in what it denies or excludes. Leibniz
• Remorse begins where impunity ends. Claude Helvetius
• The enemy must be forgiven only after he is hanged. Heinrich Heine
• Philosophy is the medicine of the soul. Cicero
• If there were fewer simpletons in the world, there would be fewer of those who are called cunning and dodgy. Jean de La Bruyère
• Man ceased to be a slave of man and became a slave of things. Friedrich Engels
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  The great art of learning a lot is to take on a little at once. John Locke
• An honest man can be persecuted, but not dishonored. Voltaire
• At the beginning of all philosophy lies wonder. Michel Montaigne
• To avoid becoming a drunkard, it is enough to have a drunkard in all his ugliness before your eyes. Anacharsis
• Only those who deserve it are afraid of contempt. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• I'm interested in the future because I'm going to spend the rest of my life there. Charles Kettering
• Adversity is the touchstone of valor. Seneca

Topic: Famous philosophical statements on various topics from the great representatives of mankind

In order to wake up, you need to stop looking around and turn your gaze inward. – Carl-Gustav Jung

Man himself invents the boundaries of the world. It can be the size of a street - or it can become endless. – Arthur Schopenhauer

We ourselves come up with impossible things. They are difficult only because we cannot decide to take on them.

Philosophy can easily explain the past and the future, but it gives in to the present.

Life is what philosophers earn their living for, wasting ink on treatises that are of no use to anyone but themselves.

Every doctor is by definition a philosopher. After all, medicine must be supported by wisdom. – Hippocrates

When something new bursts into life, a person turns into a philosopher.

World more beautiful than a dream. Tastier gourmet dishes. Let him in. Fall in love. Maybe there’s only a minute left to live. And you have the last 60 seconds of happiness... - Ray Bradbury

Forward! Don't stop for a moment. Live brightly, walk on the edge, give emotions and get LIFE!

We earn coins to spend them. We're running out of time to get it. And we fight for peace. – Aristotle

Continue reading quotes from philosophers on the following pages:

There are two types of love: one is simple, the other is mutual. Simple - when the loved one does not love the loving one. Then the lover is completely dead. When the beloved responds to love, then the lover, at least, lives in him. There is something amazing about this. Ficino M.

Not to be loved is just failure, not to love is misfortune. – A. Camus

When the one you love is not there, you have to love what is. Corneille Pierre

The girl who laughs is already half won.

The girlfriend's shortcomings escape the attention of the lover. Horace

When you love, you discover such wealth in yourself, so much tenderness, affection, you can’t even believe that you know how to love like that. Chernyshevsky N. G.

All buildings will fall, collapse, and grass will grow on them. Only the building of love is incorruptible, weeds will not grow on it. Hafiz

The moments of meeting and parting are for many the greatest moments in life. – Kozma Prutkov

False love is more likely the result of ignorance, rather than a lack of ability to love. J. Baines.

Love takes on meaning only when it is reciprocated. Leonardo Felice Buscaglia.

There are many cures for love, but there is not a single sure cure. – Francois La Rochefoucauld

Love is the only passion that recognizes neither the past nor the future. Balzac O.

Just as ugliness is an expression of hatred, so beauty is an expression of love. Otto Weininger

Love is in the heart, and therefore desire is impermanent, but love is unchangeable. The desire disappears after it is satisfied; the reason for this is that love comes from the union of souls, and desire - from the union of feelings. Penn William

You cannot love either the one you fear or the one who fears you. Cicero

The source of every error in life is a lack of memory. Otto Weininger

Constancy is the everlasting dream of love. Vauvenargues

Love itself is the law; she is stronger, I swear, than all rights earthly people. Any right and any decree Before love is nothing for us. Chaucer J.

Love is an amazing counterfeiter, constantly turning not only coppers into gold, but often gold into coppers. Balzac O.

One should love a friend, remembering that he can become an enemy, and hate an enemy, remembering that he can become a friend. – Sophocles

When we love, we lose sight. Lope de Vega

Deceived love is no longer love. Corneille Pierre

If a woman hates you, it means she loved you, loves you or will love you. – German proverb

Love is like a tree; it grows by itself, takes deep roots into our entire being and often continues to turn green and bloom even on the ruins of our heart. Hugo V.

Philosophy heals the spirit (souls). - Unknown author

A person feels his duty only if he is free. Henri Bergson

Love is the strongest, the holiest, the most unspeakable. Karamzin N. M.

There is no time limit for affection: you can always love as long as your heart is alive. Karamzin N.M.

Love for a woman has great, irreplaceable meaning for us; it is like salt for meat: permeating the heart, it protects it from spoilage. Hugo V.

Love is a theorem that must be proven every day! Archimedes

There is no force in the world more powerful than love. I. Stravinsky.

Equality is the strongest foundation of love. Lessing

Love that is afraid of obstacles is not love. Galsworthy D.

One day you will realize that love heals everything and love is all there is. G. Zukav

The science of good and evil alone constitutes the subject of philosophy. – Seneca (Younger)

Love is a person’s idea of ​​his need for a person to whom he is attracted. – T.Tobbs

Love is not a virtue, love is a weakness that, if necessary, can and should be resisted. Knigge A.F.

Philosophy is the teacher of life. - Unknown author

There is silence in love more valuable than words. It’s good when embarrassment binds our tongue: silence has its own eloquence, which reaches the heart better than any words. How much a lover can say to his beloved when he is silent in confusion, and how much intelligence he reveals at the same time. Pascal Blaise

The woman does not want people to talk about her love affairs, but she wants everyone to know that she is loved. – Andre Maurois

The love of wisdom (the science of wisdom) is called philosophy. – Cicero Marcus Tullius

Love is the desire to achieve the friendship of someone who attracts with their beauty. Cicero

Marriage and love have different aspirations: Marriage seeks benefits, love seeks!. Corneille Pierre

Love is blind, and it can blind a person so that the road that seems most reliable to him turns out to be the most slippery. Navarre M.

Love alone is the joy of a cold life, Love alone is the torment of hearts: It gives only one joyful moment, And there is no end in sight to sorrows. Pushkin A. S.

Love is the beginning and end of our existence. Without love there is no life. That's why love is something that one bows down to a wise man. Confucius

Love is a disease of tenderness. – A. Kruglov

Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, takes deep roots into our entire being and often continues to turn green and bloom even on the ruins of our heart. – V. Hugo

No one can understand what it is real love, until he has been married for a quarter of a century. Mark Twain

Evolution is a continuously renewed creativity. Henri Bergson

Everything that is not colored by love remains colorless. – G.Hauptmann

Oh, how murderously we love, How in the violent blindness of passions We most certainly destroy that which is dear to our hearts! Tyutchev F. I.

Love should not ask and should not demand, love should have the power to be confident in itself. Then it is not something that attracts her, but she herself attracts. Hesse.

We fight to live in peace. Aristotle

A lover is always ready to believe in the reality of what he fears. Ovid

Love! This is the most sublime and victorious of all passions! But her all-conquering power lies in boundless generosity, in almost supersensible selflessness. Heine G.

To love means to admit that your loved one is right when he is wrong. – Sh. Peguy

In jealousy more love to yourself than to others. La Rochefoucauld.

Love burns differently according to different characters. In a lion, a burning and bloodthirsty flame is expressed in a roar, in arrogant souls - in disdain, in gentle souls- in tears and despondency. Helvetius K.

Every obstacle to love only strengthens it. Shakespeare W.

A lovers' quarrel is a renewal of love. Terence

To love means to stop comparing. – Grasse

Live first, and then philosophize.

Time strengthens friendship, but weakens love. – LaBruyère

Philosophy and medicine have made man the most intelligent of animals, fortune telling and astrology the most insane, superstition and despotism the most unfortunate. – D. Sinopsky

Love is not tarnished by friendship. The end is the end. – Remarque

Triumph over oneself is the crown of philosophy. – Diogenes of Sinope

Love is the tendency to find pleasure in the goodness, perfection, and happiness of another person. Leibniz G.

Those who don't have one talk the most about the future. Francis Bacon

Love is the only one of all spheres of human communication that represents an amazing interweaving of spiritual and physical pleasure, creating a feeling of life being filled with meaning and happiness. S. Ilyina.

This is the law of lovers: They are all brothers to each other. Rustaveli Sh.

The only thing that matters at the end of our time on earth is how much we loved, what was the quality of our love. Richard Bach.

Isn't it a delusion to seek peace in love? After all, there is no cure for love, the elders tell us. Hafiz

Love is like a sticky disease: the more you are afraid of it, the sooner you will catch it. – Chamfort

Most of all people love to be loved.

Nothing strengthens love like insurmountable obstacles. Lope de Vega

Seeking variety in love is a sign of powerlessness. Balzac O.

Man has an eternal, elevating need to love. France A.

It is much easier to grieve for someone you love than to live with someone you hate. Labruyère J.

Marital love multiplies the human race; friendly love perfects it. – Francis Bacon

To love is to find your own happiness in the happiness of another. Leibniz G.

Love is like the sea. Its breadth knows no shores. Give her all your blood and soul: there is no other measure here. Hafiz

A person is ready to do a lot to awaken love, but decide to do anything to arouse envy.

Pythagoras was the first to give philosophy its name. – Apuleius

Love hurts even the gods. Petronius

Love is characteristic only of a sane person. Epictetus

Bring philosophy down to earth. – Cicero Marcus Tullius

The philosophy of each specialty is based on the connection of the latter with other specialties, at the points of contact of which it must be sought. Henry Thomas Buckle

A woman knows the meaning of love, and a man knows its price. – Marty Larney

It is easier for a woman to fall in love than to confess her love. And it’s easier for a man to confess than to fall in love. – Konstantin Melikhan

Love is the lamp that illuminates the Universe; without the light of love, the earth would turn into a barren desert, and man would turn into a handful of dust. M. Braddon

In love there is despotism and slavery. And the most despotic is female love, which demands everything for itself! Berdyaev N. A.

This is how nature works: nothing strengthens love for a person more than the fear of losing him. Pliny the Younger

The more a person shows love, the more more people love him. And the more he is loved, the easier it is for him to love others. – L.N. Tolstoy

Love grows from waiting for a long time and quickly fades, having quickly received its reward. Menander

He who doesn’t love anyone himself, it seems to me, no one loves him either. Democritus

Love conquers everything, let us submit to its power. Virgil

Love, like fire, goes out without food. – M.Yu. Lermontov

I know for sure that love will pass, When two hearts are separated by the sea. Lope de Vega

Love should not fog, but refresh, not darken, but brighten thoughts, since it should nest in the heart and mind of a person, and not serve only as fun for external feelings that generate only passion. Milton John

When you love, you want to do something in the name of love. I want to sacrifice myself. I want to serve. Hemingway E.

The truth is that there is only one highest value - love. Helen Hayes.

For a person who loves only himself, the most intolerable thing is to be left alone with himself. Pascal Blaise

Love is abundant in both honey and gall. Plautus

Joy and happiness are the children of love, but love itself, like strength, is patience and pity. Prishvin M. M.

Everything is for the best in this best of all worlds. Voltaire

When love comes, the soul is filled with unearthly bliss. Do you know why? Do you know why this feeling of great happiness? Only because we imagine that the end of loneliness has come. Maupassant G.

If you seek to solve any problem, do it with love. You will understand that the cause of your problem is a lack of love, for this is the cause of all problems. Ken Carey.

He who truly loves is not jealous. The main essence of love is trust. Take away trust from love - you take away from it the consciousness of its own strength and duration, all of its bright side, and therefore all of its greatness. – Anna Stahl

Love is a priceless gift. This is the only thing we can give and yet you still have it. L. Tolstoy.

Love is harder to break than hordes of enemies. Racine Jean

For love there is no yesterday, love does not think about tomorrow. She greedily reaches out to the present day, but she needs this whole day, unlimited, unclouded. Heine G.

Old love is not forgotten. Petronius

You can't pick roses without being pricked by thorns. – Ferdowsi

Love is a competition between a man and a woman to bring each other as much happiness as possible. – Stendhal

WITH strong love black suspicions cannot get along. Abelard Pierre

He who did not know love was as if he had not lived. Moliere

Friendship often ends in love, but love rarely ends in friendship. – C. Colton

Philosophy is always considered a lamp for all sciences, a means for accomplishing every task, a support for all institutions... - Arthashastra

There are no Big Things without Big Difficulties. Voltaire

Neither mind, nor heart, nor soul are worth a penny in love. Ronsard P.

Love is too great a feeling to be only a personal, intimate matter for everyone! Shaw B.

If there was no one to love, I would fall in love with a doorknob. – Pablo Picasso

True love cannot speak, because true love is expressed in deeds rather than in words. Shakespeare W.

Others think that old love need to knock out new love like a wedge with a wedge. Cicero

Love cannot be harmful, but if only it was love, and not the wolf of selfishness in the sheep's clothing of love... Tolstoy L.N.

Dying from love means living it. Hugo V.

Everyone's love is the same. Virgil

Love and hunger rule the world. – Schiller

Love cannot be cured with herbs. Ovid

Philosophy is the mother of all sciences. – Cicero Marcus Tullius

There is no such nonsense that some philosopher has not taught. – Cicero Marcus Tullius

What should guide people who want to live their lives flawlessly, no relatives, no honors, no wealth, and indeed nothing in the world can teach them better than love. Plato.

The first sign of love: in men - timidity, in women - courage. Hugo V.

There must be only one love in life great love throughout life, this justifies the causeless attacks of despair to which we are subject. Albert Camus.

Love destroys death and turns it into an empty ghost; it turns life from nonsense into something meaningful and makes happiness out of misfortune. Tolstoy L. N.

The first sign of love: in men - timidity, in women - courage. – V. Hugo

In love, longing competes with joy. Publius

The forces of love are great, disposing those who love to difficult feats and enduring extreme, unexpected dangers. Boccaccio D.

You must always live in love with something inaccessible to you. A person becomes taller by stretching upward. M. Gorky.

Do we have the power to fall in love or not to fall in love? And is it that, having fallen in love, we have the power to act as if it had not happened? Diderot D.

Truth cannot contradict truth. Giordano Bruno

Like a fire that easily flares up in reeds, straw or hare's hair, but quickly goes out if it does not find other food, love blazes brightly with blooming youth and physical attractiveness, but will soon fade away if it is not nourished by the spiritual virtues and good character of young spouses . Plutarch

The one deceived in love knows no mercy. Corneille Pierre

There is love that prevents a person from living. Gorky M.

Love, love, when you take possession of us, we can say: forgive us, prudence! Lafontaine

The greatest joy in a person’s life is to be loved, but no less so is to love oneself. Pliny the Younger

Only those who have stopped loving are restrained. Corneille Pierre

If the choice in love were decided only by will and reason, then love would not be a feeling and passion. The presence of an element of spontaneity is visible in the most rational love, because from several equally worthy persons only one is chosen, and this choice is based on the involuntary attraction of the heart. Belinsky V.

Philosophy is the medicine of the soul. – Cicero Marcus Tullius

Anyone who loves solitude is either a wild animal or the Lord God. Francis Bacon

Choose who you will love. Cicero

The word philosophy comes from two Greek words: phileo - “love”, and sophia - “wisdom”. It is a form of knowledge of the world. Its main tasks have always included the study of the laws of the whole world and society, as an integral part of it, the process of cognition itself, as well as the understanding of moral values, questions about life, freedom, love and other concepts that have puzzled more than one generation of people. Philosophical statements about life and its components have reached us: love, justice, good and evil, freedom, religion prominent representatives human society. In essence, philosophy is not so much a science, it is rather a worldview as one or another person sees the world.

About philosophical statements

Almost every person is engaged in philosophy in life, asking himself questions and answering them to the best of his education, life experience, practical skills and other things. If there is not enough experience and knowledge, then a person turns to the wisdom of people who have achieved certain achievements.

Such people are scientists, writers, outstanding public figures with certain knowledge and experience. They leave behind a legacy in the form of works, recorded thoughts, works from which people have extracted the most valuable philosophical statements, which often become their mottos and guidelines for life.

A person striving for certain achievements is necessarily inquisitive, tries to develop, improve, fully understanding that experience and knowledge are worth a lot, they make a person wise.

Life is purpose and action

Every person has thought about the meaning of life and how to live it. The writer J. London, known for his works filled with the power of spirit, said that the purpose of man is to live, not to exist. The concept of “life” includes not just living, providing for basic needs, but also something else, without which a person will not be happy, satisfied with fate, satisfied with the life he has lived, and will not find meaning in it.

To live, you need a goal - for what it is being done. It is well known that life without a goal is a waste of time. According to V. Belinsky, without a set goal there is no action, without interests there can be no goal, and without action there is no life itself.

Philosophical statements about the life of the ancient Greek thinker Aristotle contain the rule that the good of a person, to which he strives, depends on compliance with two conditions: correctly set ultimate goal any activity and finding the right means that will lead him to this goal.

About the meaning of life

According to Freud, the question of the meaning of life has been asked by people countless times, but never has a satisfactory answer been given. This is partly because each person is different. He determines the meaning of life for himself. Therefore, many thinkers see it differently. It’s interesting that for most people, the meaning is to achieve certain goals that everyone sets for themselves in life. As I wrote German philosopher V. Humboldt, half of the success in achieving a goal is the persistent pursuit of it.

Reading philosophical statements about the meaning of life, you understand that each of them is often the result of not only reflection, but also life experience. The German poet and philosopher F. Schiller wrote that a person grows as long as his goals grow. As soon as he comes to terms with everyday life and is satisfied with the results achieved, his growth as a person stops. Simple dreams lead nowhere. Honore de Balzac noted that to achieve your goal, you must first of all go.

So the great Russian writer M. Gorky sees the meaning in life, first of all, in the beauty and strength of striving for goals, he notes that every moment of life should have its own goal. You need to walk without stopping and without being distracted by obstacles and trifles. On this occasion, F. M. Dostoevsky wrote that if, while walking towards a goal, you stop in order to throw stones at all the dogs barking at you, then you will never reach it.

Statements about freedom

The most interesting and controversial are philosophical statements about freedom, because it is this important and complex concept that has worried thinkers and philosophers for many centuries. Freedom was and remains a mystery, since the concept carries the most unexpected content, which changes over time and depends on various factors. Hegel has such words about the idea of ​​freedom that it is uncertain, multifaceted, and subject to great misunderstandings, which cannot be said about other philosophical concepts.

Philosophical statements on this matter vary. Justinian, Byzantine emperor, gave a definition of freedom from the point of view politician and the ruler as the natural ability of a person to do whatever he wants, if force and right do not prohibit it. The ancient Greek philosopher Democritus considered a free person to be a person who fears no one and does not hope for anything. B. Shaw has a slightly different opinion. He presented freedom as a responsibility that everyone fears.

Philosophical concept of justice

In philosophy, it is customary to distinguish between two concepts of justice. The first is fairness of law, or, in other words, procedural justice. In this case, it is achieved through the correct functioning of the mechanism of the law. It is here that justice is a logical, one might say, mechanical assessment, according to the fixed provisions of the law. But is it always fair? In the second concept of justice, there is an appeal to higher values ​​that are not reflected in the law and are called moral court.

It is this concept that introduces some confusion into the logic of justice of the law, which is not always consistent with morality. Well-known philosophical statements of wise thinkers speak about this. Plato also said that in many states it is believed that justice is what is necessary for the ruling power, which is presented by people and is not always consistent with the highest values. Or justice is perceived as the decision of the majority, which, according to I. Schiller, cannot be its measure.

The law does not always correspond to divine concepts of justice. On this occasion, T. Jefferson said that when he thinks that the Lord is justice, he is seized with fear for his country.

Religion in human life and philosophy

The philosophy of religion and its significance in human life belongs to a number of the most important philosophical disciplines; it is often separated into a separate part, as religious philosophy. It is aimed at knowledge of religion. Its appearance is associated with religious and mythological culture, since man explored not only external life, but also internal - spiritual life.

The philosophical statements of most thinkers confirm this. As F. Bacon said, with a superficial study of philosophy, a person tends to deny God; with a deep study of philosophy, a person’s mind turns to religion.

Nikolai Berdyaev argued that when science turns into philosophy, the latter turns into religion. Science cannot answer many questions in life, but religion answers all questions unambiguously.

About the truth in human life

Philosophy of life is impossible without truth, which goes back to ancient times. The goal of any knowledge is truth, but philosophy, in addition to this, explores it as an object. What is truth? All famous philosophers thought about such a concept as “truth”. Plato believed that in the case when a person says about things what is true, this is the truth, otherwise he is lying. From the principle of what is affirmed by thought, that is, in reality, the concept of philosophy was developed. I. Kant introduced into it the concept of “adequacy” - the agreement of thinking with itself. In other words, an adequate description of objective reality by a person can be considered truth.

Philosophers about love

Love has been elevated by philosophers, writers, and poets to an omnipotent force that moves and transforms the world. The philosophy of love leads thinkers to thoughts that allow them to comprehend the nature of feeling and evaluate its role in the life of every person. Love personified the path to happiness. Philosophical statements about love reflect the depth of feelings full of passions. This was reflected in the words of G. Heine, who defined it as the most victorious and sublime passion, which, thanks to its all-conquering power, is contained in “... limitless generosity and supersensible unselfishness.”

O. Balzac said that love lives only in the present. This is the only passion that does not want to acknowledge the past and the future. Moreover, it was considered happiness to experience this feeling personally; this is evidenced by numerous philosophical statements about love. A. Camus wrote that not being loved is a failure, and not experiencing love yourself is a disaster.

Great ones about people's happiness

Along with love, which some people associate highest point happiness, famous philosophers did not ignore the concept itself. A rather significant difficulty here is that each person understands happiness differently. Aristotle spoke about various perceptions of happiness, at the same time emphasizing that this concept represents well-being and good life. O. Splenger associated it with kinship of souls and harmony. G. Andersen argued that only by bringing benefit to the world can one be happy.

Philosophers on Wealth

The two poles in human life - wealth and poverty - have not gone unnoticed by philosophers. This topic did not leave anyone indifferent. The question of why some people can make money out of nothing, while others, working around the clock, do not have a penny, is relevant at all times. In comprehending the concept of wealth, thinkers made their own conclusions; their interesting philosophical statements suggest that the point here is not in the highest justice, but in the person himself, in his attitude towards himself.

The ancient Greek philosopher Democritus wrote that greed for money is much worse than need, since the growth of desires also leads to an increase in needs. The ancient Greek philosopher B. Bion wrote that misers care about their wealth as if it were their own, but use it little, as if it were someone else’s.

good and evil

The philosophy of life has always paid great attention problems of good and evil, trying to help humanity understand their essence and help find ways to achieve good and avoid evil. There were various philosophical schools and movements that in their own way established the relationship between evil and good, sought and determined their own ways of establishing virtue and combating the generation of evil - vices. As with any subject of philosophical research, philosophers have different attitudes towards this concept. The philosophical statements of great people speak about this.

Always good stronger than evil, and there is more of it. The latter can be unbearably painful, and goodness often goes unnoticed. As the Persian poet M. Saadi said, with the help of kindness and tender words you can lead an elephant by a thread. The great L.N. Tolstoy said that people are loved for their goodness and not loved for the evil that was done to them. The question of how to distinguish good from evil is quite acute for people. On this occasion, M. Cicero wrote that the most alarming fact in human life is ignorance of good and evil.

Philosophy, the mother of all sciences, helps a person answer many questions concerning various spheres of life, relations between society and people, and knowledge of life moves humanity forward.

The most famous sayings of philosophers:

I know that I know nothing, and any knowledge is knowledge of my ignorance (Socrates).

Know thyself (Socrates).

You cannot enter the same river twice... (Heraclides).

Nothing beyond measure (Heraclides).

Everything flows, everything changes... (Heraclides).

Secret harmony is stronger than obvious (Heraclides).

Much knowledge does not teach intelligence. (Heraclides).

The body is not the shackles of the spirit, a lot of things are worthy of surprise and study... (Aristotle).

Wisdom is worthy of the gods; man can only strive for it (Pythagoras).

Harmony is the union of the heterogeneous and the agreement of the discordant (Pythagoras or Philolaus?).

Lies do not enter into numbers (Pythagoras or Philolaus?).

The One is God. God is thought (Xenophanes).

Being exists and cannot but exist, non-existence does not exist and cannot exist anywhere or in any way (Parmenides).

the path of truth is the path of reason, the path of error is the inevitably given feelings (Parmenides).

thing, object, being, thinking - one (Parmenides).

Do not strive to know everything, so as not to be ignorant in everything (Democritus).

Slavery is natural and moral... (Democritus).

The sage's pleasure splashes in his soul like a calm sea on the solid shores of reliability (Epicurus).

The ability to live well and die well is one and the same science (Epicurus).

People are not afraid of death. While we are here, she is not there, when she comes, we are no longer there (Epicurus).

Fate leads the one who wants, and drags the one who doesn’t want (the principle of stoicism).

Man is the measure of all things... (Protagoras, skepticism).

The world is not knowable, and a person should not assert anything if he does not know the truth (skepticism).

The one who knows does not speak, the one who speaks does not know. (Lao Tzu. Taoism).

To govern means to correct (Confucius on the power of a good emperor).

Every day you need to live like your last... (Marcus Aurelius).

Knowledge is power! (F. Bacon).

I think, therefore I exist. * Second version: I doubt, therefore I think, I think, therefore I exist (R. Descartes).

Everything is for the better in this world... God created the best of worlds... (Leibniz).

Genius creates like nature itself (E. Kant).

Concepts without sensations are empty, sensations without concepts are blind (Kant.)

There is nothing in the mind that would not have previously been in the senses (J. Locke).

One should not make hasty conclusions. One should accept as truth only what is given to the mind clearly and distinctly and does not raise any doubts (R. Descartes).

One should not multiply existing things without necessity (W. Occom).

...only living cultures die (O. Spengler)

Pico della Mirandola. -...the wonders of the human spirit surpass the [miracles] of heaven... On earth there is nothing greater than man, and in man there is nothing greater than his mind and soul. To rise above them means to rise above the heavens...

The study of nature is the comprehension of God (N. Kuzansky).

The end justifies the means (Nicolo Machiavelli or Thomas Hobbes).

Unhappy is the one whose actions are in discord with time (N. Machiavelli).

Ancient Greek philosophy can still teach us a lot today. The worldview of ancient philosophers is striking in its optimism, virtue and wisdom. Below are 9 quotes life principles who professed the most famous ancient philosophers Ancient Greece.

1. Do everything with unconditional love.

A person should do what he loves. Only in this case will he succeed. It's better to be a good carpenter than a bad banker. Sincere love for your work is your calling.

“Work done with pleasure allows you to achieve excellence”- Aristotle.

“It is better to do a small part of a task perfectly than to do ten times as much poorly.”- Aristotle

“Never do anything you don’t know, but learn everything you need to know.”- Pythagoras

“Each person is worth exactly as much as the cause for which he cares is worth.”- Epicurus.

“Where a person resists, there is his prison.”- Epictetus.

1. Don’t complain, don’t lose heart, don’t live in the past.

The biggest obstacle for a person in this world is himself. Other obstacles and unfavorable circumstances are the reason to look for new opportunities and unexpected ideas.

“A man who is dissatisfied with few things is not satisfied with anything.”- Epicurus.

“When leaving for a foreign land, don’t look back”- Pythagoras.

"Live today, forget the past"- ancient Greek proverb.

“Small opportunities often become the beginning of great enterprises.”- Demosthenes.

“The great science of living happily is to live only in the present”- Pythagoras.

"First and best win- this is a victory over oneself"- Plato.

“For their misfortunes, people tend to blame fate, the gods, and everything else, but not themselves” - Plato.

1. Believe in yourself, listen to yourself and don’t always take for granted what others say.

Nobody knows you better than you. In life you will come across many people who will share their ideas, opinions and vision with you various situations. You will meet many people who will give you free advice on how you should manage your life. Listen without judgment, draw conclusions, but follow the dictates of your heart - ancient philosophers urge in their aphorisms.

“Learn to listen and you can benefit even from those who speak ill of you.”- Plutarch.

"First of all, don't lose your self-respect"- Pythagoras.

“Learn to be silent, let your cold mind listen and heed”- Pythagoras.

“Whatever they think of you, do what you think is fair. Be equally impartial to both blame and praise."- Pythagoras.

“If you live in harmony with nature, you will never be poor, and if you live in harmony with human opinion, you will never be rich.”- Epicurus.

1. Don't lose faith.

Replace fears and misgivings with faith and hope. Humility, love and faith can work miracles. Everything will happen in right time and in the right place.

"Hope is a daydream"- Aristotle.

“No fruit ripens suddenly, neither a bunch of grapes nor a fig tree. If you tell me that you want figs, I will tell you that time will have to pass. Let the tree bloom first, and then the fruits ripen."- Epictetus.

1. Always strive to think and feel positively.

The ancient Greeks preached: “Think positive thoughts.” If negative thoughts fill your head, wave them goodbye and replace them with positive thoughts of beauty, happiness and love. Focus on the present, and the things for which you are grateful to God. Stay away negative people around you and always surround yourself with happy and positive people.

“Fear and sadness that have taken possession of a person for a long time are conducive to illness”- Hippocrates.

“The human brain contains the cause of many diseases”- Hippocrates.

“Happiness depends on ourselves”- Aristotle.

“The brain is the place where pleasure, laughter and joy arise. From it come melancholy, sorrow and crying.”- Hippocrates.

6. Improve yourself and discover new horizons for yourself.

“Explore everything, give the mind first place”- Pythagoras.

“Work, good spirits and the striving of the mind for perfection, for knowledge lead to results that decorate life”- Hippocrates.

7. In difficult situations, look for strength and courage within yourself.

“Courage is a virtue by virtue of which people perform wonderful deeds in danger.”- Aristotle.

“People need courage and fortitude not only against the weapons of enemies, but also against any blows of fate.”- Plutarch.

“You don’t develop the courage to be happy in a relationship every day. You will develop it into hard times and through all kinds of adversity"- Epicurus.

"You will never do anything in this world without courage. This is the greatest quality in a person and should be honored."- Aristotle.

8. Forgive yourself and others for mistakes.

View your mistakes positively as learning experiences that will help you ultimately achieve your dreams. Mistakes and failures are inevitable.

"It's better to expose own mistakes than strangers"- Democritus.

“To live and not make a single mistake is not in the power of man, but it is good to learn wisdom in the future from your mistakes.”- Plutarch.

“To make no mistakes is a property of the gods, but not of man.”- Demosthenes.

“Every business is improved by mastering technology. Every skill is achieved through exercise."- Hippocrates.

9. Virtue and compassion.

Ancient views Greek philosophers echo the later emerging Christianity. It is no coincidence that medieval Christian theologians called Aristotle a spontaneous Christian, although he lived long before the birth of Jesus Christ.

"What is a sense of life? Serve others and do good"- Aristotle.

“Live with people so that your friends do not become enemies, and your enemies become friends”- Pythagoras.

“Boys stone frogs for fun, but frogs really die.”- Plutarch.

“We crave and strive for immortality, which is alien to our nature, and power, which depends mostly on luck, and we put moral perfection, the only divine blessing available to us, in last place.”- Plutarch.

“Two things make a man godlike: living for the good of society and truthfulness.”- Pythagoras.

« For the sun to rise, there is no need for prayers or spells; it suddenly begins to send its rays to the joy of everyone. So don’t wait for applause, noise, or praise to do good—do good deeds voluntarily—and you will be loved like the sun.”- Epictetus.

“Always prefer a short but honest life to a long but shameful life”- Epictetus.

“Burning yourself, shine for others”- Hippocrates.

“By caring for the happiness of others, we find our own”- Plato.

“A person who has received a benefit must remember it all his life, and a person who has shown a benefit must immediately forget about it.”- Demosthenes.