Philosophy Quotes

"Of all the things that drive men to philosophy, the desire to understand the nature of human happiness is perhaps the strongest."

"Plurality is the condition of human action because we are all the same, that is, human, in such a way that nobody is ever the same as anybody else who ever lived, lives, or will live."

"To think and to be fully alive are one and the same thing."

"Conscience is not a purely individual matter; it is shaped by our communities and our times."

"The problem with obedience is that it requires the abdication of thought."

"The ability to think is the ability to question."

"Thought requires distance, a space between the thinker and the thought."

"The disaster is not something that happens; it is what underlies happening."

"The question is more important than any answer."

"Existence precedes any essence we might claim."

"Responsibility is the burden of infinite obligation."

"The self is only known through radical otherness."

"The infinite dwells in finite spaces."

"What we cannot say defines the limits of our being."

"The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through embracing of one of its bearers."

"I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No precepts or recipes can suffice the endless variety of human situations."

"You cannot live without encountering the other."

"Existence cannot be satisfied by any system of ideas."

"The center of our being is not in us; it is in the other."

"The authentic self emerges only in dialogue."

"To be human is to long for the infinite."

"To wonder is to participate in the divine."

"The I-It relation objectifies; the I-Thou relation personalizes."

"The self is not a thing to be found but a relation to be lived."

"Gravity and grace are the two fundamental forces that govern human existence and spiritual development."

"The supernatural is not beyond nature but the deepest nature of things."

"The mind's restlessness is a sign of its spiritual malnutrition."

"The unconditioned soul is the only instrument capable of perceiving truth."

"We are most in danger of losing ourselves when we are most certain of our position."

"The sacred hides in the ordinary for those with eyes to see it."