| Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. |
| Definition of a philosopher: A man who has the right to say maybe. |
| In Plato's opinion, man was made for philosophy; in Bacon's opinion, philosophy was made for man. |
| If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. |
| Everyone is more or less mad on one point. |
| We know what we are, but know not what we may be. |
| It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate. |
| Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities. |
| To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere Philosophy. |
| The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways: the point, however, is to change it. |
