Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)

"The existentialist will never consider man as an end because he is always in the making."

• From Existentialism and Human Emotions (Philosophical Library Inc., 1957 and 1985).

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Tertullian

Tertullian (2nd-3rd century Roman theologian)

"You ought to choose things that are good for you rather than things which are merely not bad for you."

• From Tertullian: Treatises on Marriage and Remarriage translated by William P. Le Saint, 1951.

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Anna Komnene

Anna Komnene
(1083-1153 CE. She was the daughter of Emperor Alexios Komnenos of the Byzantine Empire)

"Full of enthusiasm and ardour they thronged every highway, and with these warriors came a host of civilians, outnumbering the sand of the seashore or the stars of heaven, carrying palms and bearing crosses on their shoulders."

• From The Alexiad by Anna Komnene, translated by E.R.A. Sewter, (Penguin Classics, 2009).

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Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu (Chinese strategist and philosopher, 6th-5th Century BCE)

"War is
A grave affair of state;
It is a place
Of life and death,
A road
To survival and extinction,
A matter
To be pondered carefully."

• Quote from The Art of War by Sun Tzu (Chapter 1), translated by John Minford (Penguin Classics, 2009. The battle cross picture was photographed after the D-Day invasion of Normandy; it is Public Domain and housed in the Archive Normandy 1939-1945. The image of Sun Tzu (made transparent) is from a statue of Sun Tzu in China photographed by Flickr user Kanegen (Licensed CC 2.0).

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Apollonius of Rhodes

Apollonius of Rhodes (3rd century BCE scholar and poet based out of Alexandria, Egypt)

"Come, Muses, be the surrogates of my song."

• From Apollonius of Rhodes' epic poem, Argonautica, based on the myth of Jason and the Argonauts. The translation is by Aaron Poochigian (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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Gregory of Nazianzus

Gregory of Nazianzus (330-390 CE)

"Words do not convince me; I must have deeds."

• From Gregory of Nazianzus: Three Poems, translated by Denis Molaise Meehan (Catholic University of America Press, 1987).

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Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius (Roman Emperor, 121-180 CE)

"Reason is of a diffusive nature, what itself is in itself, it begets in others, and so doth multiply."

• From the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Xist Publishing edition, 2015).

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Murasaki Shikibu

Murasaki Shikibu (10th and 11th century CE Japanese novelist)

"Age should not turn people into children again, but I am afraid that is what happens."

• From Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji, translated by Royall Tyler (Penguin Classics, 2003).

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Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar (Roman Military Dictator, 100-44 BCE)

"Ought not the defects of an army to be as carefully concealed as the wounds in our bodies, lest we should increase the enemy's hopes?"

• From the War Commentaries of Julius Caesar (Commentaries on the Civil War), translated by W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn, 2014.

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Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi (Japanese samurai, duelist, artist, construction worker, and author, c. 1584-1645 CE)

 "Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men."

• From Miyamoto Musashi's The Book of Five Rings, (Lord Majesty Productions, 2005 edition).

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (English poet, 1342-1400 CE)

"Our will is always catching on the nail,
Wanting a hoary head and a green tail,
Like leeks have got; the strength to play that game
Is gone, though we love foolishness the same.
What we can't do no more we talk about
And rake the ashes when the fire is out."

• From The Canterbury Tales (The Reeve's Tale) by Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Nevill Coghill. New York, Penguin Classics, 1977).

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The Malleus Maleficarum

The Malleus Maleficarum (Written by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger, c. 1487)

"So heinous are the crimes of witches that they even exceed the sins and the fall of the bad Angels; and if this is true as to their guilt, how should it not also be true of their punishments in hell?"

• From The Malleus Maleficarum by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger, translated by Montague Summers (Dover Publications, 1971).

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Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu (Chinese strategist and philosopher, 6th-5th Century BCE)

"The Way of War is
      A Way of Deception."

• From Sun Tzu's The Art of War (Chapter 1), translated by John Minford (Penguin Classics, 2009).

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Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar (Roman military dictator, 100-44 BCE)

"Can you be ignorant that even if I should be destroyed, the people of Rome have still ten legions, capable not only of opposing you, but even of pulling down heaven?"

• From Julius Caesar's War Commentaries (The Spanish War), translated by W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn, 2014.

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Heraclitus

Heraclitus (Ancient Greek philosopher, 6th-5th century BCE)

"Much learning does not teach men understanding."

• From the Fragments of Heraclitus, translated by Diels-Kranz.

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Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi (Japanese duelist, soldier, artist, construction worker, and author, c. 1584-1645 CE)

"Whatever attitude you are in, do not be conscious of making the attitude; think only of cutting."

• From Myamoto Musashi's The Book of Five Rings (Lord Majesty Productions, 2005 edition).

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (English poet, 1342-1400 CE)

"Yet we have four live coals, as I can show;
Lies, boasting greed and rage will always glow."

• From Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (The Reeve's Tale), translated by Neville Coghill (Penguin Classics, 1977).

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Al-Ghazālī

Al Ghazālī (Sufi Theologian and Philosopher, 1058-1111 CE)

"The outward eye derives from the world of sensation and visibility, while the inward eye derives from another world--namely, the world of dominion."

• From The Niche of Lights by Al Ghazālī, translated by David Buchman. Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1998.

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Black Elk

Black Elk (1863-1950 CE)

"We were in our own country all the time and we only wanted to be let alone. The soldiers came there to kill us, and many got rubbed out. It was our country and we did not want to have trouble."

• From Black Elk Speaks, narrated by Black Elk and recorded by John G. Neihardt. (University of Nebraska Press, 2014).

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Homer

Homer (Ancient Greek poet; The Iliad is thought to have been written around 700 BCE)

"So now my destiny confronts me. Let me at least
sell my life dearly and not without glory, after some great deed
for future generations to hear of."

• From The Iliad (Book 22) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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Chuang Tzu

Chuang Tzu (Chinese Daoist/Taoist philosopher, c. 370-287 BCE)

"The True Man of ancient times knew nothing of loving life, knew nothing of hating death."

• From Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings, translated by Burton Watson. (Columbia University Press, 1996). The painting of Chuang Tzu is licensed as Creative Commons 2.5 (CC 2.5).

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Plato

Plato (c. 427-347 BCE)

"The rational part will do the planning, and the passionate part the fighting. The passionate part will obey the ruling part and employ its courage to carry out the plans."

• From Plato's Republic, translated by Robin Waterfield (Oxford University Press, 2008).

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William Tecumseh Sherman

General William T. Sherman (1820-1891)

"The election of Mr. Lincoln fell upon us all like a clap of thunder. People saw and felt that the South had threatened so long that, if she quietly submitted, the question of slavery in the Territories was at an end forever."

• From The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman by W. T. Sherman. (Renaissance Classics, 2012).

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