Philosophical Sayings

432 sayings found from the Contemporary era

Don't be attracted to easy paths because the paths that make your feet bleed are the only way to get ahead in life.

— Saddam Hussein Early 2000s (pamphlet published then, quotes from earlier speeches)
Philosophical

Politics is when you say you are going to do one thing while intending to do another. Then you do neither what you said nor what you intended.

— Saddam Hussein Unknown
Philosophical

Women make up one half of society. Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its women are liberated, enlightened and educated.

— Saddam Hussein 1979
Philosophical

Don't let he who thinks you despise him get close to you.

— Saddam Hussein Early 2000s (pamphlet published then, quotes from earlier speeches)
Philosophical

If you rule, rule in a fair way, and don't let your heart take part in the ruling, or let a criminal who cannot be rehabilitated escape punishment.

— Saddam Hussein Early 2000s (pamphlet published then, quotes from earlier speeches)
Philosophical

Don't treat your friend and your enemy equally even if you reconcile with the second. That way your enemy doesn't scorn you and your friend doesn't look down on the meaning of friendship and its rights.

Early 2000s (pamphlet published then, quotes from earlier speeches)
Philosophical

No other sin exists in the world save unbelief.

— Martin Luther 1545
Philosophical

The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession.

— Martin Luther 1525
Philosophical

If any man doth ascribe of salvation, even the very least, to the free will of man, he knoweth nothing of grace, and he hath not learnt Jesus Christ aright.

— Martin Luther 1521
Philosophical

Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more.

— Martin Luther c. 1530s-1540s
Philosophical