Philosophy Quotes

"You can't make omelettes without breaking eggs."

"Art, science, and religion are the three legs of our civilization."

"Civilization is a method and not an objective."

"There is neither happiness nor misery in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another."

"A man's character is his fate."

"If there is no God, then everything is permitted"

"Even now I do not suppose that you fully understand the purpose of Power."

"Nothing exists except through human consciousness."

"Pity for the wretched is the most delicious of sentiments."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to obtain the necessities of life."

"The loneliness of the moral highground."

"Bologna or not, I don't like Sartre anyway."

"If something is bad, people will eat it up."

"Act always as if the maxim of your action were to become a universal law."

"People blame their circumstances, but I do not believe in circumstances."

"The human soul craves mystery; it cannot be satisfied with mere facts."

"The modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good."

"The Party exists for power. It has no other purpose."

"The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness. For the great bulk of mankind happiness is better."

"I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world."

"I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness."

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

"I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life."

"All that is important lies outside the sphere of our reason"

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of"

"You can't have a lasting civilization without plenty of pleasant vices"

"Everything is terrible, yet everything is the same."

"The world is crazy."

"If there is no God, then everything is permitted"

"Everyone is responsible for everyone and everything to everyone else"