Philosophy Quotes

"All visible objects are but pasteboard masks"

"The woodman, the farmer, and the doctor all serve a purpose."

"Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian."

"All that pains us is but the shadow of that which profits us."

"Some certain significance lurks in all things else all things are little worth."

"The whale's whiteness contains all the mysteries of existence."

"The ocean has its own philosophy, indifferent to mankind."

"The universal struggle appears to be for existence, and afterwards the chief thing is life."

"Mankind in the aggregate was the object of my misanthropy."

"A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other"

"To refuse is not to promote; to reject is not to persecute."

"Ambition without principle leads to ruin."

"Philosophy teaches us how to live."

"Some certain significance lurks in all things, else all things are little worth"

"Man's insanity is heaven's sense"

"The very essence of the tragic lies in the necessity of the struggle"

"In the soul of man there is a hunger for the infinite"

"The compass of the soul points always toward the infinite"

"Some things are destined to be pursued, though never caught"

"To say that a man is made up of certain chemical elements is a satisfactory description only for the very lowest demands of life."

"I am not the arbitrator of human destiny; I am merely the instrument."

"The greatest mystery is human nature itself."

"No one can be master of his own fate."

"The phrase about life imitating art is, strictly speaking, untrue."

"Society demands conformity above all else."

"The pursuit of meaning gives shape to existence."

"The human heart has hidden depths that few ever discover."

"Philosophy teaches us to question all assumptions."

"The more I see of the world, the more I am dissatisfied with it."

"Call me Ishmael."