Philosopher Archives · Universal Quotation

2019-0907

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Published by the Editor in Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tags: 1800s, Author, individualism, Philosopher, Poet, Writer

2017-1024

Talent is like the marksman who hits a target that others cannot reach, genius like one who hits a target beyond where others can even see…
Arthur Schopenhauer

Published by the Editor in Arthur Schopenhauer

Tags: 1800s, genius, Philosopher, skill, talent

2013-0730

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Aristotle

Published by the Editor in Aristotle

Tags: b. 384 BC, Philosopher, pleasure, work

2013-0418

We shape our tools and then our tools shape us.
Father John M. Culkin, Jr.

Published by the Editor in John Culkin

Tags: 1960s, anthropology, behavior, creativity, evolution, Philosopher, philosophy, technology, tools

2013-0320

Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.
Bruce Lee

Published by the Editor in Bruce Lee

Tags: 1900s, Actor, American, b. 1940, California, Chinese, Film director, Hong Kong, Kowloon, Martial Artist, mindset, personality, Philosopher, San Francisco, U.S., unique

2013-0219

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
Henry David Thoreau

Published by the Editor in Henry David Thoreau

Tags: 1800s, American, b. 1817, balance, commerce, Concord, happiness, life, Massachusetts, money, Philosopher, Poet, Transcendentalism, U.S., Writer