Condillac Quotes & Sayings

Everybody has a capacity for a happy life. All these talks about how difficult times we live in, that's just a clever way to justify fear and laziness. — Lev Landau

Our ideas are transformed sensations. — Etienne Bonnot De Condillac

If he's not dead, it doesn't count. — Mike Tyson

Game, noun: Any unserious occupation designed for the relaxation of busy people and the distraction of idle ones. It's used to take people to whom we have nothing to say off our hands, and sometimes even ourselves. — Etienne Bonnot De Condillac

If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem. — Paul Farmer

Study the teachings of the pine tree, the bamboo, and the plum blossom. The pine is evergreen, firmly rooted, and venerable. The bamboo is strong, resilient, unbreakable. The plum blossom is hardy, fragrant, and elegant. — Morihei Ueshiba

But, after all, the sciences have made progress, because philosophers have applied themselves with more attention to observe, and have communicated to their language that precision and accuracy which they have employed in their observations: In correcting their language they reason better. — Etienne Bonnot De Condillac

If we think of our heart,
rather than our purse,
as the reservoir
of our giving,
we shall find it
full all the time! — David Dunn