Philosophy Quote by Woodrow Wilson — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The cynic sees only cynicism, the depressive can taint creation with one glance”

“The road ahead is long and there will be many setbacks. Success is not assured… but the price of failure has never been this high.”

“What's the use of complaining about something you have no intentions of changing it?”

“THE MAXIMS OF MEDICINE”

“And don't tell me the end justifies the means because it doesn't. We never reach the end. All we ever get is means. That's what we live with.”

“All Hellenistic schools seem to define [wisdom] in approximately the same terms: first and foremost, as a state of perfect peace of mind. From this viewpoint, philosophy appears as a remedy for human worries, anguish, and misery brought about, for the Cynics, by social constraints and conventions; for the Epicureans, by the quest for false pleasures; for the Stoics, by the pursuit of pleasure and egoistic self-interest; and for the Skeptics, by false opinions. Whether or not they laid claim to the Socratic heritage, all Hellenistic philosophers agreed with Socrates that human beings are plunged in misery, anguish, and evil because they exist in ignorance. Evil is to be found not within things, but in the value judgments with people bring to bear”