"To know oneself means, among other things, to know oneself qua non-sage: that is, not as a sophos , but as a philo-sophos , someone on the way toward wisdom."

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Source : "La Philosophie comme manière de vivre: Entretiens avec Jeannie Carlier et Arnold I. Davidson" by Pierre Hadot, Jeannie Carlier, Arnold I. Davidson, Paris: Albin Michel, translated by Michael Chase, (p. 90), 2001.

Pierre Hadot

#Mean Quotes #Sage Quotes #Way Quotes

“A team like Golden State, when they get into a rhythm they make shots.”
“This world is a great sculptorâ€™s shop. We are the statues and thereâ€™s a rumor going around the shop that some of us are someday going to come to life.”
“I'm intrigued by fanatics - people who are seduced by the promise, or the illusion, of the absolute.”
“Imagine a revised edition of Shakespeare... a big, thick book with an elegant cover... You open it and find that there are no pages, just an empty box of space. On the back wall of the box is a small mirror. You look into it, see yourself, and now you know all you need to know about Shakespeare.”
“I have been skeptical and not trusting of traditional models of the entertainment industry. I never got a manager.”
“I'm sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I don't think there's any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around with a smoking purse and an African painting his face white and praying to a rock.”
“Every role that you accept makes you grow in some way. It's part of the creative process.”

Source : "Lynn Collins JOHN CARTER Set Visit Interview". Interview with Matt Goldberg, collider.com. February 9, 2012.
“I know my limits. That's why I'm beyond.”

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