Philosophy Quotes

"What is the cause of all motion? And what rules its continuity?"

"Empiricism without theory is empiricism; theory without empiricism is idealism."

"The observer affects the observed by the act of observation."

"Light and darkness are opposites, yet interdependent."

"Every effect must have a cause; no cause exists without effect."

"The universe is governed not by chance but by necessity."

"To understand motion is to understand existence itself."

"Every object persists in its state of rest unless acted upon by force."

"The path of the planet is determined by forces acting upon it."

"The laboratory is where philosophy becomes tangible reality."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."

"Philosophy is the art of wondering about life."

"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible."

"Everything is relative."

"Refined people might entertain thoughts differently from the majority."

"Nothing is more important than perception."

"Morality is of the highest importance but for us, not for God."

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."

"The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce."

"The universe is a grand book written in the language of mathematics."

"It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my hand has a necessary effect upon the universe - it is in the chain of cause and effect."

"The sun teaches to us that the center of all life is burning, all-consuming, and eternal."

"I cannot avoid having the consequence of my reflections."

"Mathematics is the alphabet in which God has written the universe."

"To understand God, study nature; to understand nature, study mathematics."

"I have always believed that science should serve humanity and improve the conditions of life for all people."

"There is a grandeur in this view of life."

"I feel most deeply that this whole question of creation is too profound for the human intellect."

"A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and on their motives, of approving of some and disapproving of others."