André Comte-Sponville

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

France

André Comte-Sponville - Quotes

We have need of morality only for want of love.
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We have need of morality only for want of love.

One is not born, but rather becomes, free.
André Comte-Sponville - Présentations de la philosophie /

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One is not born, but rather becomes, free.

The opposite of humility is pride, and all pride is ignorance.
André Comte-Sponville - A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues /

Happiness is the goal of philosophy. Or to be more precise, the goal of philosophy is wisdom, and therefore happiness.
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Be confident: Truth is not the end of the way, it is the way itself.
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Philosophize, to think your life and to live your thoughts: for that is what philosophy is.
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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.
André Comte-Sponville - A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues /

Good is not something to contemplate; it is something to be done.
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There is humility in gratitude, and humility is difficult.
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Don't just hope, learn to want.
André Comte-Sponville - Le bonheur : visions occidentale et chinoise. /

The maxim of mercy is this: when you are unable to love, at least cease to hate.
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There is no need to wait to be saved to be human.
André Comte-Sponville - L'esprit de l'athéisme /

All fear is imaginary, reality is its antidote.
André Comte-Sponville - Impromptus /

It is by playing the man, or the woman well that one helps humanity to exist. And it is necessary: it needs you just as you need it!
André Comte-Sponville - Présentations de la philosophie /

Irony hurts, humour treats.
Irony can kill; humour helps to live.
Irony wants to establish domination; humour liberates.
Irony is cruel, humor is forgiving.
Irony is humiliating; humor is humble.
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