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Biography - André Comte-Sponville:

French philosopher.
Born: 1952
Period:
21st century
20th century
Place of birth: France
France

Be confident: Truth is not the end of the way, it is the way itself.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Aie confiance : la vérité n'est pas le bout du chemin ; elle est le chemin même.

German
Sei zuversichtlich: Die Wahrheit ist nicht das Ende des Weges, sie ist der Weg selbst.




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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

It is not enough to take steps, which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.

When we make music we don't do it in order to reach a certain point, such as the end of the composition. If that were the purpose of music then obviously the fastest players would be the best. Also, when we are dancing we are not aiming to arrive at a particular place on the floor as in a journey. When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point.




Quotes for: way


Quotes

Quotes for: way


If you don't know where you are going any road can take you there.





One never goes so far as when one no longer knows where one is going.





Each man must invent his own path.





The way up and down is one and the same.





Courage in the path is what makes the path manifest itself.





When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes.











Quotes for: truth


Quotes

Quotes for: truth


To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.





Love truth, but pardon error.





Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.





The language of truth is simple.





Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.





Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.











Quotes for: trust


Quotes

Quotes about trust:


It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.





Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.





The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.





Confidence raises the soul.





And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.





I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.











Quotes

André Comte-Sponville also said...


We have need of morality only for want of love.





One is not born, but rather becomes, free.





The opposite of humility is pride, and all pride is ignorance.





Happiness is the goal of philosophy. Or to be more precise, the goal of philosophy is wisdom, and therefore happiness.





Philosophize, to think your life and to live your thoughts: for that is what philosophy is.





To tolerate is to take upon oneself; a tolerance that comes into being on the backs of others is no longer tolerance. To tolerate the suffering of others, to tolerate an injustice of which we are not a victim or an atrocity that we are spared is not tolerance but selfishness, indifference, or worse.












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