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Philosophical Quotations
Philosophical Quotations
Philosophical Quotations
BSA – 2
1. “The only thing I know is that I know that I do not know” – Plato
This quote simply relaying a message that it is the accepting or admitting to yourself that
when dealing things for the first time is basically you do not know what to do, you have the
something that you look at it at different point of view, you come up with hypothesis and
exploring the answers you’re looking for just to satisfy your curiosity and also helping you
I agree that the only constant in this world is change because nothing stays the same in
this world. As every seconds pass by, the world is not the same as that second passed. It is up
“Nature” reflects for the capacity of human especially on our needs, we do have needs
but we have to fill our needs concisely, too much is not and also one of the 7 deadly sins is
Greed.
5. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit” – Aristotle
This implies the essence of “practice makes perfect”, for example if we practice to do
what successful people do, then we might or close enough to be successful also. Because
habits allows us to train ourselves on achieving what we want or what we choose path in life.
6. “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it” –
Aristotle
Aristotle is basically saying that each side of an argument has its merits, the key to
wisdom is to be able to appreciate both sides before making any judgment. And also
uneducated person accept a thing whatever it is without a reason or easy to believe without
prior discussion.
7. “The law is reason, free from passion” – Aristotle
Law is made from the start of human race when God created Adam and Eve. Basically
law are the limits of humans “passions”, this law are created with deliberations and
8. “To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is
have already a prior knowledge enabling us to have that strong conviction. So to the one who
has faith then no explanation is needed while on the other hand the one without faith is full of
doubts.
9. “Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good”- St. Thomas Aquinas
Doing Good is one of the purpose of man. Evil cannot exist without Good because if
10. “He, who opens a school door, closes a prison.” – Victor Hugo
This quote encourage people to be an educated one for this will lead to a brighter future
and also he/she can differentiate things and make rational decision.