38 ideas
| 23064 | So-called wisdom is just pondering things instead of acting [Cioran] |
| 23072 | Systems are the worst despotism, in philosophy and in life [Cioran] |
| 23075 | A text explained ceases to be a text [Cioran] |
| 23066 | Negation doesn't arise from reasoning, but from deep instincts [Cioran] |
| 23077 | The word 'being' is very tempting, but in fact means nothing at all [Cioran] |
| 23068 | People who really believe anti-realism don't bother to prove it [Cioran] |
| 23073 | Convictions are failures to study anything thoroughly [Cioran] |
| 23078 | Opinions are fine, but having convictions means something has gone wrong [Cioran] |
| 23029 | Knowledge is secured by the relations between its parts, through differences and identities [Green,TH, by Muirhead] |
| 23076 | If people always acted without words we would take them for robots [Cioran] |
| 23065 | If only we could write like a reptile, of endless sensations and no concepts! [Cioran] |
| 7352 | Jesus said learning was unnecessary, and only the spirit of the Law was needed [Jesus, by Johnson,P] |
| 23071 | We could only be responsible if we had consented before birth to who we are [Cioran] |
| 23070 | We morally dissolve if we spend time with excessive beauty [Cioran] |
| 6289 | Love your enemies [Jesus] |
| 6292 | Love thy neighbour as thyself [Jesus] |
| 5356 | Treat others as you would have them treat you [Jesus] |
| 6286 | Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy [Jesus] |
| 6290 | Except ye become as little children, ye shall not enter heaven [Jesus] |
| 6287 | If you lust after a woman, you have committed adultery [Jesus] |
| 6285 | Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth [Jesus] |
| 6288 | Don't resist evil, but turn the other cheek [Jesus] |
| 6293 | It is almost impossible for the rich to go to heaven [Jesus] |
| 23074 | In anxiety people cling to what reinforces it, because it is a deep need [Cioran] |
| 23062 | It is better to watch the hours pass, than trying to fill them [Cioran] |
| 23069 | Fear cures boredom, because it is stronger [Cioran] |
| 23046 | States only have full authority if they heed the claims of human fellowship [Green,TH] |
| 23051 | Equality also implies liberty, because equality must be of opportunity as well as possessions [Green,TH] |
| 23028 | The highest political efforts express our deeper social spirit [Green,TH, by Muirhead] |
| 23054 | Communism is wrong because it restricts the freedom of individuals to contribute to the community [Green,TH, by Muirhead] |
| 23047 | Original common ownership is securing private property, not denying it [Green,TH, by Muirhead] |
| 23042 | National spirit only exists in the individuals who embody it [Green,TH, by Muirhead] |
| 23048 | The ground of property ownership is not force but the power to use it for social ends [Green,TH, by Muirhead] |
| 23049 | Property is needed by all citizens, to empower them to achieve social goods [Green,TH] |
| 23067 | Suicide is pointless, because it always comes too late [Cioran] |
| 6291 | No one is good except God [Jesus] |
| 7351 | Jesus turned the ideas of Hillel into a theology reduced to its moral elements [Jesus, by Johnson,P] |
| 23063 | The first man obviously found paradise unendurable [Cioran] |