Philosopher Quotes

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"The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?"

-- Ernest Hemingway

"I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?"

-- Ernest Hemingway

"It's none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"It's none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for and I hate very much to leave it."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for and I hate very much to leave it."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"Embrace bad news to learn where you need the most improvement."

-- Bill Gates

"Embrace bad news to learn where you need the most improvement."

-- Bill Gates

"You should take the approach that you’re wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong."

-- Elon Musk

"You should take the approach that you’re wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong."

-- Elon Musk

"If somebody is doing something that is useful to the rest of society, I think that's a good thing."

-- Elon Musk

"If somebody is doing something that is useful to the rest of society, I think that's a good thing."

-- Elon Musk

"One idea that is true will kill a thousand that are false."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"One idea that is true will kill a thousand that are false."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"To be selfish is to be a beast, to be unselfish is to be a man, and to be selfless is to be God."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"To be selfish is to be a beast, to be unselfish is to be a man, and to be selfless is to be God."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Death is better than a vegetating ignorant life; it is better to die on the battlefield than to live a life of defeat."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Death is better than a vegetating ignorant life; it is better to die on the battlefield than to live a life of defeat."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The remedy for weakness is not gloating over weakness, but thinking of strength."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The remedy for weakness is not gloating over weakness, but thinking of strength."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Be a man. Stand up and lay the blame on yourself. Do not curse anything outside."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Be a man. Stand up and lay the blame on yourself. Do not curse anything outside."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Books are only the helps, the supports of our spiritual childhood."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Books are only the helps, the supports of our spiritual childhood."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Purity and silence are the two essentials of spiritual life."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Purity and silence are the two essentials of spiritual life."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The power of the mind is like the rays of the sun - when they are concentrated, they illumine."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The power of the mind is like the rays of the sun - when they are concentrated, they illumine."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"He is an atheist who does not believe in himself."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"He is an atheist who does not believe in himself."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Freedom is the only condition of growth; where there is no freedom, there is no growth."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Freedom is the only condition of growth; where there is no freedom, there is no growth."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The only true teacher is he who can immediately come down to the level of the student."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The only true teacher is he who can immediately come down to the level of the student."

-- Swami Vivekananda