Life Quotes Quote by Charles Baudelaire — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“L'étude du beau est un duel où l'artiste crie de frayeur avant d'être vaincu.”

“Tell me, enigmatical man, whom do you love best, your father,”

“Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we’re indifferent to whether we win or lose?”

“On peut chercher dans Dieu le complice et l'ami qui manquent toujours. Dieu est l'éternel confident dans cette tragédie dont chacun est le héros.”

“And, drunk with my own madness, I shouted at him furiously, "Make life beautiful! Make life beautiful!”

“It's time, Old Captain, lift anchor, sink!”

“The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate.”

“So now you must choose... Are you a child who has not yet become world-weary? Or are you a philosopher who will vow never to become so? To children, the world and everything in it is new, something that gives rise to astonishment. It is not like that for adults. Most adults accept the world as a matter of course. This is precisely where philosophers are a notable exception. A philosopher never gets quite used to the world. To him or her, the world continues to seem a bit unreasonable - bewildering, even enigmatic. Philosophers and small children thus have an important faculty in common. The only thing we require to be good philosophers is the faculty of wonder…”

“What kind of life can you have in a house without books?”

“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.”