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André Comte-Sponville

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Biography - André Comte-Sponville:

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


Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
La seule façon de vouloir, c'est d'agir.

German
Der einzige Weg, etwas zu wollen, ist zu handeln.




See also 

See also...



There is only one proof of ability: doing it.

There is no real action without will.




Quotes for: to will


Quotes

Quotes for: to will


Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.






Love, and do what you will.





To will oneself free is also to will others free.





The kind of happiness I want consists, not so much in doing what I wish, as in not doing what I don't wish.





We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to comes.





Everyone's responsibility involves two acts: wanting to know and daring to say.











Quotes for: action


Quotes

Quotes about action:


I have laboured carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate, but to understand human actions.





One should be light like a bird, and not like a feather.





Often he who omits an act does injustice, not only he who commits an act.





I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.





Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.





Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.











Quotes

André Comte-Sponville also said...


One is not born, but rather becomes, free.





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





We have need of morality only for want of love.





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





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





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












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