For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.
Interpretation
Philosophers focus on teaching how to live a virtuous life, which is accessible to everyone, unlike speaking eloquently.
This quote highlights the significance of living a good life as a fundamental teaching of philosophers, contrasting it with the notion that only a select few can express themselves eloquently. It suggests that the essence of philosophy lies not merely in the articulation of ideas but in the practical application of those ideas in daily living, emphasizing that a well-lived life is a pursuit available to all individuals.
In practice
In a graduation speech about the importance of ethics and morality in life choices.
For when God forbids us to kill, he not only prohibits us from open violence, which is not even allowed by the public laws, but he warns us against the commission of those beings which are esteemed lawful among men....Therefore, with regard to this precept of God, there ought to be no exception at all, but that it is always unlawful to put to death a man, whom God willed to be a sacred animal.
The truly holy person welcomes all that is earthly.
The question of how things will settle down is the only important question.
Not, not mine: it's somebody else's wound; I could never have borne it. So take the thing that happened, hide it, stick it in the ground; whisk the lamps away.
Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?
I am opposed to all forms of control; I am for an absolute laissez faire, free, unregulated economy. I am for the separation of the state and economics, just as we had separation of state and church, which led to peaceful coexistence among different religions...so the same applies to economics. If you separate the government from economics, if you do not regulate production and trade, you will have peaceful cooperation, and harmony and justice among men.
The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.
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