Philosophy Quotes

"Nothing can be better than that which is eternal and unchangeable."

"The human soul yearns for that which is infinite."

"The perfection of the soul consists in virtue."

"Every effect must have a cause, and that cause itself must have been caused."

"The soul is the form of the body."

"A thing is good in the measure that it achieves its proper end."

"Virtue is a habit of choosing rightly."

"Human beings are rational animals."

"The good is that which all things desire."

"Being is the proper subject of metaphysical inquiry."

"Contemplation is the highest activity of the soul."

"Nothing comes from nothing; something always comes from something."

"The virtuous man acts in accordance with right reason."

"The perfect human act is one that flows from both understanding and will."

"The essence of a thing is what it is in itself."

"The natural law is written on the heart of every human being."

"The will follows the intellect; thus the mind is sovereign."

"You are a little soul carrying around a corpse."

"The body is not the man, and the man is not the body."

"The purpose of philosophy is to teach how to live well."

"He robs present ills of their power who believes that poverty is an evil."

"It is not events that disturb the people, it is only the view which they take of them."

"Of all the things that are, the being is the most excellent."

"You are a little soul carrying around a corpse."

"Things that are not in our control are our opinions, impulses, desires, and fears."

"You are a little piece of soul carrying around a corpse."

"No man can lose either the past or the future - for what a man has not, how can anyone take this from him?"

"The universe is transformation, our life is what our thoughts make it."

"I am, through and through, a being of conflict."

"The contemplative life is superior to the active life only when guided by wisdom."