Philosophy Quotes

"Human nature is fundamentally good."

"The purpose of philosophy is human liberation."

"Reality is what we perceive."

"Being precedes essence."

"The positive philosophy rejects all metaphysical speculation."

"Morality without order is chaos."

"Doubt is the beginning of genuine understanding."

"Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives."

"Does the flitting of a butterfly's wings set the whole world in commotion?"

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."

"The principle of habit is fundamental to existence."

"All motion is relative; there is no absolute motion."

"There is very little difference between one man and another; but what little there is, is very important."

"The stream of consciousness is not a stream of ideas; it is a stream of thoughts of a much wider kind."

"Morality is largely a test of conformity to the customs of one's time."

"Every individual is potentially capable of achieving a higher spiritual development."

"The true opposites are activity and passivity, not good and evil."

"Materialism is only one species of the genus, idealism is another."

"Philosophy is an unusually stubborn attempt to think clearly."

"The world is only a large school of souls, trying to learn what the universe is all about."

"The principle of pragmatism is that truth is what makes a difference in our lives."

"The ability to think about problems is more important than the solutions themselves."

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably why so few engage in it."

"To say that thinking and feeling are related, that one implies the other, is to assert a truism."

"Philosophy is not mainly a pursuit of abstract truth but a guide to living."

"All evil results from the non-adaptation of constitution to conditions."

"In the measure that the Ideal is lacking, the Practical multiplies its claims."

"The ultimate man will be one in whom private ethics and public ethics are one."

"Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory."

"The ultimate end of man is not action but contemplation."