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Karene Jade Howie - Student of Philosophy and overworked shop keeper!Hello and welcome to the Philosophy Shop.

We really like philosophers and other creative thinkers of Human history - the Philosophy Shop represents several years work collecting over 500 quotes and portraits from many of the greatest minds of the past 3,000 years. Over the past 5 years the Philosophy Gift Shop has been one of the most popular shops at Cafepress - out of roughly 6 million shops! (Cafepress are a print on demand online shop and top 1000 website. They sell products world wide and have a full 30 day refund, making it a safe place to buy some very cool gifts for yourself and your friends.)

We hope you enjoy browsing our unique collection of photos & paintings with their eclectic mix of profound and engaging quotes.

Cheers!

PS - You are currently at the shop pages on our Philosophy website - Individual Product links go to our Philosophy Shop at Cafepress where you can purchase them.

Motivational Inspirational Wisdom Quotes & Sayings

Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi: Inspirational / Motivational Wisdom Quotes Gift ShopWe have a unique gallery of inspiring Motivational & Inspirational Quotes. Our collection has been personally created from famous philosophers, scientists, activists and artists who we have read and found inspiring, wise and beautiful. Eloquent thinkers such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Edmund Burke, Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, ....

We hope you find our selection of Wisdom Quotes & Sayings interesting, inspiring, beautiful and useful! Cheers!




Ancient Indian Wisdom: Fool Angry Wise Understand
Ancient Indian Wisdom: Fool Angry Wise Understand
'The Fool gets Angry. The Wise Person Understands.' (Ancient Indian Wisdom quote on Rembrandt Painting, 'Philosopher in Meditation.'


The Unexamined Life: Socrates on Wonder
The Unexamined Life: Socrates on Wonder
'The unexamined life is not worth living. ... Wisdom begins in wonder.'


Seneca the Younger: Philosopher / statesman
Seneca the Younger: Philosopher / statesman
'Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour does the body.'


Marcus Aurelius: The Universe Connection to All
Marcus Aurelius: The Universe Connection to All
'Meditate often upon the bond of all in the Universe and their mutual relationship. For all things are in a way woven together.'


The Knowledgeable One: saint Augustine of Hippo
The Knowledgeable One: saint Augustine of Hippo
'Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. ...Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.'


Edmund Burke: Good & Evil
Edmund Burke: Good & Evil
'All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.' (Edmund Burke, 1729 - 1797)


Power of Dreams: Writer / Philosopher Goethe
Power of Dreams: Writer / Philosopher Goethe
'Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.'


Isabella Baumfree: Womens' Rights
Isabella Baumfree (Sojourner Truth): Womens' Rights
'If women want any rights more than they's got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it.'


William James Psychologist: Life and Change
William James Psychologist: Life and Change
'To change ones life: start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.'


Power of Positive Thinking: William James
Power of Positive Thinking: William James
'The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.'


Thomas Edison: Genius Hard Work and Perspiration
Thomas Edison: Genius Hard Work and Perspiration
'Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.'


Sigmund Freud Psychoanalysis Culture Quotes
Sigmund Freud Psychoanalysis Culture Quotes
'Mans most disagreeable habits and idiosyncrasies, his deceit, his cowardice, his lack of reverence, are engendered by his incomplete adjustment to a complicated civilisation ..' (Freud)


U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt: Great Thoughts
U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt: Great Thoughts
'Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.'


Power of the Truth: Mahatma Gandhi
Power of the Truth: Mahatma Gandhi
'The Truth is far more powerful than any weapon of mass destruction.'


Struggle for Change: Gandhi Loyalty to Cause
Struggle for Change: Gandhi Loyalty to Cause
'You must be the change you wish to see in the world.'


Notorious Quotes: Winston Churchill World War 2
Notorious Quotes: Winston Churchill World War 2
'We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, ...we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.'


Winston Churchill: Politics, Truth, Humankind
Winston Churchill: Politics, Truth, Humankind
'Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.'


Foundations of USSR: Stalin on Revolution
Foundations of USSR: Stalin on Revolution
'Revolution, the substitution of one social system for another, has always been a struggle, a painful and a cruel struggle, a life and death struggle.'


Inspiration from US President Richard Nixon
Inspiration from US President Richard Nixon
'Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.'


Motivational Quotes American Presidents: Nixon
Motivational Quotes American Presidents: Nixon
'Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.' (Richard Nixon, 1913 - 1994, 37th American President)


Activist for Peace: Martin Luther King Jr
Activist for Peace: Martin Luther King Jr
'We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.'


End of Violence with Peace: Martin Luther King Jr.
End of Violence with Peace: Martin Luther King Jr.
'We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the positive affirmation of peace.'

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