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Thomas Hobbes quotes

English Philosopher April 5, 1588 – December 4, 1679

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Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man, the same consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them withal. In such condition there is no place for industry... no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor,... Thomas Hobbes
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. Thomas Hobbes
The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life. Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes quote: "Life is nasty, brutish, and short"
Life is nasty, brutish, and short Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes quote: "For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace..."
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it. Thomas Hobbes
There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense. Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes quote: "A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault..."
A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life. Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes quote: "It's not the pace of life I mind. It's the sudden stop at the..."
It's not the pace of life I mind. It's the sudden stop at the end. Thomas Hobbes
For, from the time that the Bishop of Rome had gotten to be acknowledged for bishop universal, by pretence of succession to St. Peter, their whole hierarchy, or kingdom of darkness, may be compared not unfitly to the kingdom of fairies; that is, to the old wives' fables in England concerning ghosts and spirits, and the feats they play in the night. And if a man consider the original of this great ecclesiastical dominion, he will easily perceive that the papacy is no other than the ghost of... Thomas Hobbes
From whence it happens, that they which trust to books, do as they that cast up many little sums into a greater, without considering whether those little sums were rightly cast up or not; and at last finding the error visible, and not mistrusting their first grounds, know not which way to clear themselves; but spend time in fluttering over their books, as birds that entering by the chimney, and finding themselves enclosed in a chamber, flutter at the false light of a glass window, for want of... Thomas Hobbes
Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves. Thomas Hobbes
By consequence, or train of thoughts, I understand that succession of one thought to another which is called, to distinguish it from discourse in words, mental discourse. When a man thinketh on anything whatsoever, his next thought after is not altogether so casual as it seems to be. Not every thought to every thought succeeds indifferently. Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes quote: "The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek..."
The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it. Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes quote: "If men are naturally in a state of war, why do they always..."
If men are naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their doors? Thomas Hobbes
During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man. Thomas Hobbes

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