Philosophy Quotes

"The good is often the enemy of the best."

"The power of thought is in its negation, not in its affirmation."

"I would prefer the company of peasants to that of rich men because they are more real."

"Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language."

"I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that seems to have no meaning."

"The sacred is precisely the limit at which reason breaks down."

"The limit of rationality is where reason begins."

"A transgression is defined by the taboo it breaks."

"Consciousness is the wound that will never heal."

"The greatest transgression is to refuse to transgress."

"We are trapped in language, which is itself a prison."

"The wound of consciousness is also the source of all meaning."

"The primary word I-Thou can be spoken only with the whole being. Concentration and fusion into the whole being can never take place through me, can never take place without me. I become through my relation to the Thou; as I become I, I say Thou."

"The individual is a fact of existence, but mankind is an idea."

"Evil is not something substantial, but only a lack of direction in the service of good."

"The primary word I-It experiences the world as an object for use and control."

"Spirit is not in the I, but between the I and the Thou."

"The fundamental fact of human existence is not consciousness but encounter."

"The world of It is set in the context of time and space. The world of Thou is not."

"Evil often works through the corruption of good things."

"Man's quest for meaning begins when he realizes he is accountable."

"The I that says 'It' is not the same as the I that says 'Thou'."

"The tension between freedom and destiny is the condition of human life."

"Modern man's alienation stems from his inability to encounter the other as Thou."

"To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul."

"The human condition is defined by the tension between desire and limitation."

"Gravity and grace are the two fundamental forces of the universe."

"The greatest calamity is not to have suffered enough."

"One cannot be fully human while living in sin, but even the sinner carries the mark of divinity."

"The soul craves order as the body craves food."