Martin Buber Quotes

( Martin Buber (February 8, 1878 – June 13, 1965) was an Jewish philosopher and writer best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of religious existentialism centered on the distinction between the I-Thou relationship and the I-It relationship. 'I and Thou', is Martin Buber's best known work )

1. Egos appear by setting themselves apart from other egos.
    
2. Persons appear by entering into relation to other persons.
    
3. An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.
    
4. You must yourself begin. Existence will remain meaningless for you if you yourself do not penetrate into it with active love and if you do not in this way discover its meaning for yourself… . Meet the world with the fullness of your being, and you shall meet God…. If you wish to believe, love.

Rudolph Steiner Quotes

Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (25/27 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, and esotericist. He gained initial recognition as a literary critic and cultural philosopher. At the beginning of the 20th century, he founded a spiritual movement, Anthroposophy, as an esoteric philosophy growing out of European transcendentalism and with links to Theosophy.
Selected Quotes of Rudolph Steiner are:

1. Love starts when we push aside our ego and make room for someone else.
    
2. Live through deeds of love.
    
3. May my soul bloom in love for all existence.

Soren Kierkegaard Quotes

Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (5 May 1813 –11 November 1855) was a Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author. Kierkegaard is often called as the father of existentialism.
Kierkegaard was a critic of idealist intellectuals and philosophers of his time, such as Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling and Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel. He was also critical of the state and practice of Christianity, primarily that of the Church of Denmark. He is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. Much of his philosophical work deals with the issues of how one lives as a "single individual", giving priority to concrete human reality over abstract thinking, and highlighting the importance of personal choice and commitment.
Selected Quotes of Soren Kierkegaard are:

1. Seek first God's Kingdom, that is, become like the lilies and the birds, become perfectly silent — then shall the rest be added unto you.

Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher known for his pessimism and philosophical clarity. Schopenhauer considered that a lifestyle of negating desires, similar to the ascetic teachings of Vedanta, Buddhism and the Church Fathers of early Christianity, was the only way to attain liberation.
Selected Quotes of Arthur Schopenhauer are:

1. Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.
    
2. Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
    
3. National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.

George Bernard Shaw Quotes

( George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925 and an Oscar in 1938 for his work on the film Pygmalion. )

1. My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world.
    
2. Why was I born with such contemporaries?
    
3. Do not try to live for ever. You will not succeed.
    
4. A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

(Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American philosopher, essayist, and poet,  who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.)

1. We are always getting ready to live, but never living.
    
2. Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
    
3. The man who renounces himself, comes to himself.
    
4. Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.

Bertrand Russell Quotes

( Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. Bertrand Russell was a prominent anti-war activist; he championed free trade and anti-imperialism. Russell went to prison for his pacifism during World War I. Bertrand Russell led the British "revolt against idealism" in the early 20th century. Bertrand Russell is considered one of the founders of analytic philosophy along with his predecessor Gottlob Frege and his friend Ludwig Wittgenstein. )

1. I resolved from the beginning of my quest that I would not be misled by sentiment and desire into beliefs for which there was no good evidence.
    
2. Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?

Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

( Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre ( 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the leading figures in 20th century French philosophy and Marxism, and was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism. His work continues to influence fields such as Marxist philosophy, sociology, critical theory and literary studies. Sartre was also noted for his long non-monogamous relationship with the feminist author and social theorist Simone de Beauvoir. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature but refused it, saying that he always declined official honours and that, "a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution. )

1. Nothingness haunts being.
    
2. Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness and dies by chance.

Sigmund Freud Quotes

( Sigmund Freud (6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and psychologist and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology. )

1. Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
    
2. The virtuous man contents himself with dreaming that which the wicked man does in actual life.
    
3. The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?'
    
4. Religious ideas have sprung from the same need as all the other achievements of culture: from the necessity for defending itself against the crushing supremacy of nature.

Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

( Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, whose critiques of contemporary culture, religion, and philosophy centered on a basic question regarding the foundation of values and morality. )

1. We are always in our own company.
    
2. He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.
    
3. The mother of excess is not joy but joylessness.
    
4. Distrust everyone in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!

René Descartes Quotes

René Descartes (31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Dutch Republic. Descartes has been dubbed the 'Father of Modern Philosophy', and much subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day. In particular, his Meditations on First Philosophy continues to be a standard text at most university philosophy departments.
Selected Quotes of René Descartes are:

1. Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
    
2. I think; therefore I am.
    
3. There is nothing more ancient than the truth.

Sri Aurobindo Quotes

Sri Aurobindo (15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950), born Aurobindo Ghosh was an Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet. But Sri Aurobindo is mainly known for his work in spirituality. In the initial phase of his life, he was an prominent indian freedom fighter. But later on after an vision of Lord Krishna (enlightened mystic ), He renounced everything and took spirituality whole heartedly.
The central theme of Sri Aurobindo's vision was the evolution of human life into life divine. These words of Sri Aurobindo define the theme of his work "Man is a transitional being. He is not final. The step from man to superman is the next approaching achievement in the earth evolution. It is inevitable because it is at once the intention of the inner spirit and the logic of nature's process."

Sri Aurobindo tried to synthesized Eastern and Western philosophy, religion, literature, and psychology in writings. Sri Aurobindo works include philosophy; poetry; translations of and commentaries on the Vedas, Upanishads, and the Gita; plays; literary, social, political, and historical criticism; devotional works; spiritual journals and three volumes of letters. But principal philosophical writings of Sri Aurobindo are 'The Life Divine' and 'The Synthesis of Yoga', while his principal poetic work is 'Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol' (which is sometimes known as fifth veda)

Annamalai Swami Quotes and Sayings

1. In every moment you only have one real choice: to be aware of the Self or to identify with the body and the mind.
    
2. Self-inquiry must be done continuously. It doesn't work if you regard it as a part-time activity.
    
3. Mind is just a Self-inflicted area of darkness in which the light of the Self has been deliberately shut out.
    
4. The mind and the body are both inert. Any energy or peace you experience can only come from the Self. Drop the identification with the body. These experiences are making you too body-conscious. Just be aware of the Self and try to pay as little attention as possible to the body. The Self is pure energy, pure power. Hold onto that.

Ananandamayi Ma Quotes

1. He alone knows to whom He will reveal Himself under which form. By what path and in what manner He attracts any particular man to Himself with great force is incomprehensible to the human intellect. The Path differs indeed for different pilgrims.
    
2. It is the craze for wealth that binds people. To be in bondage means to destroy yourself.
    
3. My consciousness has never associated itself with this temporary body. Before I came on this earth ‘I was the same’. As a little girl ‘I was the same’. ………. Ever afterward, though the dance of creation change around me, in the hall of eternity ‘I shall be the same’.
    
4. Enquire: ‘Who am I?’ and you will find the answer. Look at a tree: from one seed arises a huge tree; from it comes numerous seeds, each one of which in its turn grows into a tree. No two fruits are alike. Yet it is one life that throbs in every particle of the tree. So, it is the same Atman (soul) everywhere.

Alice Bailey Quotes

Alice Ann Bailey (June 16, 1880 – December 15, 1949), was an influential writer and theosophist in what she termed "Ageless Wisdom". This included occult teachings, "esoteric" psychology and healing, astrological and other philosophic and religious themes.

Her works, written between 1919 and 1949, describe a wide-ranging system of esoteric thought covering such topics as how spirituality relates to the solar system, meditation, healing, spiritual psychology, the destiny of nations, and prescriptions for society in general. She described the majority of her work as having been telepathically dictated to her by a "Master of the Wisdom", initially referred to only as "the Tibetan", or by the initials "D.K.", later identified as Djwal Khul.
Selected Quotes of Alice Bailey are:

Annie Besant Quotes

Annie Besant (1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was a prominent British Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self rule. Annie Besant actively participated in indian freedom movement and was elected as the president of indian national congress in 1917. Annie Besant was one of most remarkable and intelligent lady of last century who devoted his entire life to religious, educational, women' rights and other noble causes.
Annie Besant was president of Theosophy movment for number of years. Annie Besant was also instrumental in the education and upbringing of enlightened mystic Jiddu Krishnamurti. When Jiddu Krishnamurti broke away with Theosophy movement, Annie Besant did not complained to J Krishnamurti and relation between them always remain friendly. Annie Besant always supported J Krishnamurti and remain in touch with him till her last days.

Edgar Cayce Quotes

1. Keep your promise to your Maker.
    
2. Forget the financial angle and consider rather which is the best outlet for the greatest contribution you can make towards making the world a better place in which to live. Efforts should never be expended purely for mercenary reasons. Pecuniary gains should come as a result of the entity's using his abilities in the direction of being helpful.
    
3. Through experience is wisdom gained.
    
4. Hate and animosity and hard sayings create poisons in the body.

George Santayana Quotes

George Santayana (born in Madrid, December 16, 1863; died September 26, 1952, in Rome) was a philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. George Santayana wrote in English and is generally considered an American man of letters.
Selected Quotes of George Santayana are:

1. A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.
    
2. Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable: what it is or what it means can never be said.
    
3. Beauty is a pledge of the possible conformity between the soul and nature, and consequently a ground of faith in the supremacy of the good.

Andrew Carnegie Quotes

Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist. During his visits to britain, Andrew Carnegie realised that steel would now replace iron for the manufacture of heavy goods and this insight led Andrew Carnegie to the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and thus Andrew Carnegie became one of the most rich person of his era. He is often regarded as the second-richest man in history after John D. Rockefeller.
Andrew Carnegie was also one of the most important philanthropists of his era. In the end, He set up a trust with his money for the improvement the mankind. In his charity work, Andrew Carnegie gave special emphasis on local libraries, world peace, education and scientific research. This include 3000 public libraries and the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the Carnegie Institution of Washington for research into the natural and physical sciences. Andrew Carnegie also established the Endowment for International Peace in an effort to prevent future wars.
The "Andrew Carnegie Dictum" illustrates Carnegie's generous nature:

Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher known for his pessimism and philosophical clarity. Schopenhauer considered that a lifestyle of negating desires, similar to the ascetic teachings of Vedanta, Buddhism and the Church Fathers of early Christianity, was the only way to attain liberation.
Selected Quotes of Arthur Schopenhauer are:

1. Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.
    
2. Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
    
3. National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.