Philosophy Quotes

"The infinite is known only in the finite."

"Self-consciousness arises through other consciousnesses."

"Philosophy must justify the actual world."

"Thought and being are identical in structure."

"The concept is more real than the thing itself."

"Universal becomes concrete through the particular."

"Esse est percipi"

"To be is to be perceived"

"All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth – in a word, all those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world – have not any subsistence without a mind"

"Absolutes are abstracts, and all abstracts are nonsense"

"The world consists of nothing but mind and ideas"

"The world we perceive is the world as it appears to a conscious being"

"The mind creates reality through perception and belief"

"In any case of doubt, the individual should defer to the wisdom of the collective good, yet never abandon their own judgment."

"The true measure of civilization is not the grandeur of its monuments but the dignity of its citizens."

"The creation of meaning is the highest calling of a conscious being."

"Interest, not principle, governs the actions of mankind."

"The legislator must study the human heart to create beneficial laws."

"All legislation should be measured against the principle of utility."

"The foundation of all moral judgment is the capacity to suffer."

"The foundation of ethics is the reduction of suffering."

"All actions derive their character from the motive that inspires them."

"The specific character of despair is precisely this: it is unaware of being despair."

"Subjectivity is truth."

"Boredom is the root of all evil."

"Imagine for a moment that the Christian revelation is not true. Then everything is permitted."

"What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding?"

"Selfhood is the highest dimension of human existence."

"The task of becoming oneself is something quite different from taking thought for the morrow."

"Ethical maturity is when a person stops blaming others and accepts responsibility."