Philosophy Quotes

"Every closed system contains an open question."

"Paradox is not an error; it is an invitation to deeper understanding."

"The greatest discovery is the discovery of what cannot be discovered."

"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."

"Every philosopher would like to suppose that he encompasses the whole of truth and falsehood."

"Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day."

"Philosophy is to be studied, not for the sake of any definite answers to its questions, since no definite answers are possible."

"The concept of rape is inapplicable in a universe that runs by mechanical laws."

"I wish to propose a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive."

"The study of nature teaches humility before the vast universe."

"The laws we discover are merely descriptions of what nature already knows."

"To discover a law of nature is to glimpse the mind of creation."

"The universe is rational, orderly, and knowable through careful study."

"To understand nature is to participate in the eternal conversation between mind and creation."

"The relationships between forces in nature mirror the relationships between ideas in the mind."

"To understand one force is to glimpse the unity of creation."

"The universe speaks to those who listen with both mind and heart."

"To understand nature is to recognize one's smallness and greatness simultaneously."

"To measure phenomena is to participate in creation's self-understanding."

"The tendency to estimate the importance of a proposed creator by the complexity of the object to be created seems to have little to recommend it."

"There is a school of thought that holds that the whole of human civilization is merely the expression of some mechanical principle."

"What has been called the philosophy of science is but the application of the results of scientific investigation to the practical affairs of life."

"What we think we know about the external world is merely a mental construction."

"The mutual relations of things constitute the essence of their existence."

"It has long been an article of faith among natural philosophers that everything was made for a purpose."

"To understand a place is to understand humanity itself."

"The search for understanding is the search for self."

"To understand the world is to understand ourselves better."

"Nature's patterns reveal the underlying order of existence."

"In understanding nature, we understand the source of all truth."