Chinese Philosophers Sayings

#1. It's the fear of what's in the dark that scares us, not the dark itself. Thanks, ancient Chinese philosophers. You guys are the best. And the deadest. But mostly the best. Jack's

Sara Wolf

#2. Slingerland explains that Chinese philosophers like Confucius, Lao Tse, Zhuangzi, and a few others were concerned with accessing a state called Wu-Wei, pronounced "ooh-way." This is a state of spontaneous flow.

Anonymous

#3. Different Chinese philosophers, writing probably in 5-4 centuries B.C., presented some major ideas and a way of life that are nowadays known under the name of Taoism, the way of correspondence between man and the tendency or the course of natural world.

Alan Watts

#4. The artist seeks to record his awareness of order in life.

John French Sloan

#5. You just have to work with what God sends, and if God doesn't seem to understand the concept of commercial success, then that's your bad luck.

Michael Frayn

#6. We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity.

George Takei

#7. Whatever you've learned becomes truly useful to you only once it has become second nature.

Guthrie Govan

#8. Madame Guillotine gets mad at me. Not because I told them to shove it, but because I didn't say it in French. What is wrong with this school?

Stephanie Perkins

#9. I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar.

Martin Parr

#10. He wanted to know things, not reveal them.

Terry Goodkind

#11. In stark contrast with the views of the Greek philosophers and with those of the rest of western intellectuals to the present day, Chinese Taoist thought always defended individual liberty and laissez-faire while attacking the systematic and coercive use of violence typical of government.

Jesus Huerta De Soto

#12. When I first heard that Barack Obama was going to be the first black president, I wanted to do the smallest, biggest tribute in history.

Willard Wigan

#13. That's Right! I Own the WCW!

Vince McMahon

#14. I listen to Prince on my iPad. And I use a Chords & Scales app to warm up before performing.

Janelle Monae

#15. Economic issues are a subset of social justice. Social justice is unimaginable without economic justice. Isn't that obvious?

Rick Perlstein

#16. I think that fashion is industrial, whereas style is ideological. So they're not necessarily connected.

Nate Lowman

#17. You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you.

Isadora Duncan

#18. I was set free because the negotiations were successful, because there were people lobbying for my freedom, and because hundreds of thousands took to the streets in Rome for my freedom.

Giuliana Sgrena