philosopher-quotes

Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.

If you guide others out of the dark, you are a star, even if no one knows your name.

If you have power, be just; wealth, be generous; knowledge, be wise; titles, be humble; and life, be grateful.

The most difficult door to open is the entrance to an ignorant mind.

If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.

If you have food on your table, clothes on your back, a roof on your head, and a dream in your heart, you have everything you need in life.

Your clock cannot buy you more time, your bed cannot get you more sleep, your titles cannot acquire you more influence, your fame cannot gain you more honor, and your money cannot earn you more happiness.

The sweeter the fruit a tree bears the greater the number of birds that eat from it.

Teach yourself. Help yourself. Improve yourself. Enrich yourself.

If there is wisdom in your mind, prove it; joy in your heart, share it; love in your soul, show it; good in your life, impart it.

The most beautiful people are those who bring out the beauty in others.

In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life.

The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.

Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.

Life is temporal.Time is fleeting.God is permanent.Eternity is enduring.

Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.

Be humble as you learn, confident as you teach, and modest when you have mastered both.

Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.