Philosophy does not require us to become wise and reach perfection, but on the contrary, it calls us to reconcile with our human nature, to ask questions and to think for ourselves. In order to provide us with the stimulus for constructive thinking, the philosophy and meditation specialist Fabrice Midal has chosen and included in the book you are holding in your hands quotes from forty personalities - philosophers, writers, artists: from Charles Baudelaire to Friedrich Nietzsche, from Emily Dickinson to Toni Morrison, from Pablo Picasso to James Baldwin, and of course from Socrates to Aristotle. These quotes are analyzed in short essays that will not take you more than three minutes to read, but will inspire you and help you see the world in a slightly different way.