Philosophy Quotes

"A man's life is what his thoughts make of it."

"To practice philosophy is to learn how to die."

"The human race rules the world by the use of reason."

"The greatest evil is that we are imperfect."

"Nothing is so ridiculous but some philosopher has said it."

"A society that fears philosophy is a society that has forgotten how to think for itself."

"To understand a philosophical position requires not agreement, but the imaginative reconstruction of its inner logic."

"One must examine one's own desires to achieve authentic living."

"The pursuit of philosophy is the pursuit of liberation."

"The natural law is the participation of eternal law in rational creatures."

"The human person is the image of God, and this means the human intellect is a participation in God's eternal knowledge."

"The essence of evil is the privation of good."

"The perfection of the human person lies in the proper functioning of reason."

"Evil is not a substance but rather the absence of a good that ought to be present."

"Every human act that proceeds from a deliberate choice is subject to moral evaluation."

"The end justifies the means is a principle that must be carefully considered in light of natural law."

"The virtuous life is a kind of music made intelligible."

"The existence of change in the world demands the existence of an unmoved mover."

"The unity of the human person is a profound mystery reflecting God's creative design."

"The contemplative life is higher than the active life, yet the active life is more necessary."

"What is evil? Anything that springs from weakness."

"To live humbly one must understand their own weakness."

"The body is the prison of the soul, but only if the soul allows it."

"Poverty brought into conformity with the law of nature is wealth of the highest kind."

"It is the nature of the greedy man to grab at everything but to keep nothing."

"Eternal things are truly real; temporal things merely seem real."

"The unexamined life is not worthy of being lived."

"The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control."

"The mind is the source of all things within us; all things are subject to the mind."

"The first step toward philosophy is incredulity; the second step is understanding."