Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian philosopher and statesman who was the second President of India from 1962 to 1967. His best known works are The Principal Upanishads, An Idealist View of Life, and other works on philosophy of Hinduism and religion. In this quote, Radhakrishnan is saying that when one becomes ignorant thanContinue Reading

Bruce Lee was an American actor, film director, martial artist, philosopher and founder of the martial art Jeet Kune Do during 1940-1973. His best known works are Tao of Jeet Kune Do, Fighting Method, The Art of Expressing the Human Body, and his commentaries on the Chinese martial arts. In this quote, Bruce LeeContinue Reading

Ho Chi Minh was a dictator, revolutionary leader, Vietnam’s Communist party President, and the first person to unite Vietnam after French Colonialism. His best known works are Down With Colonialism!, On Revolution, and Selected Writings of Ho Chi Minh. In his quote, Ho Chi Minh is saying that during difficulty arisesContinue Reading

Herodotus was a Greek historian during the 5th century B.C. His best known work is his magum opus: a long account of the Greco-Persian Wars that he called The Histories. In this quote, Herodotus claims that people trust the truth based on what others tell them, rather than learning truthContinue Reading

Voltaire was a writer, historian and philosopher in the 18th century. His best known works include the tragic play Zaïre, the historical study The Age of Louis XIV and the satirical novella Candide. Voltaire was the lead writer for the French Enlightenment, he was famous for his wit, his attacksContinue Reading

Thomas Aquinas was a Christian philosopher, theologian, and scientist in the 13th century A.D. His best-known works are the Disputed Questions on Truth (1256-59), the Summa contra Gentiles (1259-1265), and the Summa Theologiae (1265-1274). His commentaries on Scripture and on Aristotle also form an important part of his body of work. In hisContinue Reading