Monday 29 February 2016

The forceps of our minds are clumsy things 
and crush the truth a little 
in the course of taking hold of it.

Sunday 28 February 2016

Saturday 27 February 2016

The improver of natural science 
absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. 
For him, scepticism is the highest of duties: 
blind faith the one unpardonable sin.

Friday 26 February 2016

Thursday 25 February 2016

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, 
and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

Wednesday 24 February 2016

Tuesday 23 February 2016

The sun, 
with all those planets revolving around it 
and dependent on it, 
can still ripen a bunch of grapes 
as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

Monday 22 February 2016

Sunday 21 February 2016

What is the first business of philosophy?
 To part with self-conceit.
 For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn
what he thinks that he already knows.

Saturday 20 February 2016

Friday 19 February 2016

Observations always involve theory.

Thursday 18 February 2016

Wednesday 17 February 2016

The point of philosophy 
is to start with something so simple 
as not to seem worth stating, 
and to end with something so paradoxical 
that no one will believe it.

Tuesday 16 February 2016

Monday 15 February 2016

Men love to wonder, 
and that is the seed of science.

Sunday 14 February 2016

Saturday 13 February 2016

Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum 
quia dolor sit amet, 
consectetur, 
adipisci velit. 
There is no one who loves pain itself, 
who seeks after it and wants to have it, 
simply because it is pain.

Friday 12 February 2016

Thursday 11 February 2016

Virtue is nothing else than right reason.

Wednesday 10 February 2016

Tuesday 9 February 2016

Happiness is the highest good.

Monday 8 February 2016

Sunday 7 February 2016

If you would be a real seeker after truth, 
it is necessary that at least once in your life 
you doubt, as far as possible, all things.

Saturday 6 February 2016


Friday 5 February 2016

It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, 
and another to put him in possession of truth.

Thursday 4 February 2016

Wednesday 3 February 2016

Happiness lies in virtuous activity, 
and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, 
which is contemplative.

Tuesday 2 February 2016

Monday 1 February 2016

Everything that exists 
is born for no reason, 
carries on living through weakness, 
and dies by accident.