Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.
—Thales of Miletus
Topics: Hope
Trust no secrets to a friend, which, if reported, would bring infamy.
—Thales of Miletus
Topics: Secrecy
Conceal thy domestic ills.
—Thales of Miletus
Topics: Secrecy
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.
—Thales of Miletus
Topics: Awareness, Self-Knowledge, Self-Discovery
Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.
—Thales of Miletus
Topics: Thoughts, Thinking, Thought
Shun security.
—Thales of Miletus
Topics: Security
Wondering Whom to Read Next?
- Charles Sanders Peirce American Philosopher
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz German Philosopher, Mathematician
- Anaxagoras Greek Philosopher
- Emanuel Swedenborg Swedish Mystic, Theologian, Scientist
- Karl Popper Austrian-born British Philosopher
- Zeno of Citium Greek Philosopher
- Jacques Derrida French Philosopher, Literary Theorist
- Hilary Putnam American Philosopher
- Aristotle Ancient Greek Philosopher
- Pythagoras Greek Philosopher
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