Philosophy Quote by Paul Valéry — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Breath, dreams, silence, invincible calm, you triumph.”

“God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly”

“Politeness is organized indifference.”

“God made everything out of nothing. But the nothingness shows through.”

“it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply.”

“If you change who you are to suit other people, you may end up dressed for the wrong occasion”

“Life makes you pay...everybody pays something”

“Kein Philosoph würde ein dickes Buch schreiben, wenn er im Vornherein wüsste, auf welche Weise er später zitiert werden wird.”

“Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension.”

“The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation of pleasure.”