Philosophy Quotes

"The mind is a universe unto itself."

"The true miracle is not to walk on water, but to walk on earth."

"The philosopher's stone is within us all."

"The mind is its own place and in itself can make a heaven of hell."

"Every person contains multitudes of potential selves."

"The world is a bundle of hay, mankind are the oxen who eat it"

"All tragedies are finished by a death, all comedies by a marriage"

"What is the end of all eloquence but the end of all things"

"We are driven by forces we scarcely understand towards ends we vaguely discern."

"There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand."

"What is that we call the public good, but an aggregation of private goods."

"I have been deep in thought about the nature of creation."

"Every life contains untold stories of struggle and triumph."

"Man is made flesh. Flesh is made matter. Matter is made nothingness."

"Intelligence is often the servant of the will."

"The boundary between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking at things."

"Where the telescope ends, philosophy begins."

"Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery."

"The world is not so insipid as one might think."

"Fine sentiments do not work well in the world."

"What strange creatures we are!"

"Habit rules the unreflective herd."

"The heart of man is made to reconcile contradictions."

"The mind is both a prison and a palace."

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell."

"Philosophy is the art of asking the right questions."

"Society demands conformity; the soul craves authenticity."

"Philosophy is the pursuit of wisdom through questioning."

"A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart."

"All the knowledge I possess can be summed up in the following words: mankind is always in the process of becoming."