Philosophy Quotes

"Life is what we make it and how we make it – whether we realize it or not."

- Napoleon Hill

"This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

- William Shakespeare

"A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm."

- William Shakespeare

"And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence; Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence."

- William Shakespeare

"Many a man his life hath sold but my outside to behold. Gilded tombs do worms enfold."

- William Shakespeare

"What's past is prologue."

- William Shakespeare

"Thou know'st the first time that we smell the air we wawl and cry. When we are born we cry, that we are come to this great state of fools."

- William Shakespeare

"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more."

- William Shakespeare

"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away!"

- Pablo Picasso

"What am I living for and what am I dying for are the same question."

- Margaret Atwood

"The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose."

- Rick Warren

"The person without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder."

- Thomas Carlyle

"Purpose is the place where your deep gladness meets the world’s needs."

- Frederick Buechner

"The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all."

- Leo Rosten

"You come with a cry to know the people and the world, when you leave the world, the people cry for knowing yourself"

- Dr.P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

"Having a purpose is the difference between making a living and making a life."

- Tom Thiss

"The beauty is in the walking — we are betrayed by destinations."

- Gwyn Thomas

"Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time."

- Steven Wright

"As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears."

- Rumi

"A walk is only a step away from a story, and every path tells."

- Robert MacFarlane

"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."

- Henry Ward Beecher

"A library is thought in cold storage."

- Herbert Samuel

"A library is infinity under a roof."

- Gail Carson Levine

"To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul."

- Cicero

"To be or not to be: that is the question."

- William Shakespeare

"All the world’s a stage."

- William Shakespeare

"Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank."

- Alphonse Allais

"Coffee makes us severe, and grave, and philosophical."

- Jonathan Swift

"يقال ان القهوة مثل الحب، كلما صبرت عليها اكثر ازداد طعمها حلاوة"

- Elif Shafak

"CHANGE is permanent. Knowledge is power. Cleanliness is Godliness. Just do it. Nothing is permanent. Respect begets respect."