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Gottfried Leibniz Quotes: Philosophy consists mostly of kicking up a lot of dust and then complaining that you can't see anything.
         

Philosophy consists mostly of kicking up a lot of dust and then complaining that you can't see anything.


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Take what you need, do what you should, you will get what you want.

Take what you need, do what you should, you will get what you want.



Everything that is possible demands to exist.

Everything that is possible demands to exist.



Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state, in such a way that its present is big with its future.

Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state, in such a way that its present is big with its future.



Every mind has a horizon in respect to its present intellectual capacity but not in respect to its future intellectual capacity.

Every mind has a horizon in respect to its present intellectual capacity but not in respect to its future intellectual capacity.



To love is to be delighted by the happiness of someone, or to experience pleasure upon the happiness of another. I define this as true love.

To love is to be delighted by the happiness of someone, or to experience pleasure upon the happiness of another. I define this as true love.



The greatness of a life can only be estimated by the multitude of its actions. We should not count the years, it is our actions which constitute our life.

The greatness of a life can only be estimated by the multitude of its actions. We should not count the years, it is our actions which constitute our life.



Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is counting.

Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is counting.



Imaginary numbers are a fine and wonderful refuge of the divine spirit almost an amphibian between being and non-being.

Imaginary numbers are a fine and wonderful refuge of the divine spirit almost an amphibian between being and non-being.



We may say, that not only the soul (the mirror of an indestructible universe) is indestructible, but also the animal itself is, although its mechanism is frequently destroyed in parts.

We may say, that not only the soul (the mirror of an indestructible universe) is indestructible, but also the animal itself is, although its mechanism is frequently destroyed in parts.



The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.

The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.





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Love is the light of our soul which lets us see the beauty of this world.

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All the stars in the sky cannot worth as much as yours only because it belongs to you.

All the stars in the sky cannot worth as much as yours only because it belongs to you.



I don't really feel my poems are mine at all. I didn't create them out of nothing. I owe them to my relations with other people.

I don't really feel my poems are mine at all. I didn't create them out of nothing. I owe them to my relations with other people.



Above all else she mustn't think that using her body will help her attain her goal. Men use women who play seductively, and then they look down on them.

Above all else she mustn't think that using her body will help her attain her goal. Men use women who play seductively, and then they look down on them.



I don't want to be one of these people who's like, "Man, I don't know where my ideas come from and I don't know why this works."

I don't want to be one of these people who's like, "Man, I don't know where my ideas come from and I don't know why this works."



Our world is incomplete until each one of us discovers what moves us - our passion. No other person can hear our calling. We must listen and act on it for ourselves.

Our world is incomplete until each one of us discovers what moves us - our passion. No other person can hear our calling. We must listen and act on it for ourselves.



Will someone else's life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?

Will someone else's life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?



On Bill Clinton: I have a simple question: Who's the last President to give you a balanced budget?

On Bill Clinton: I have a simple question: Who's the last President to give you a balanced budget?




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