Philosophy Quotes

"We need to separate what is human from what is social."

"Perception is not passive but active and constructive."

"We are all more or less mad. The question is the degree."

"There is no such thing as a schizophrenic, only people experiencing different realities."

"Alienation is the experience of being estranged from oneself."

"We are estranged from ourselves before we are estranged from others."

"We are all experiencing existential exile."

"The self is not a thing but a process of becoming."

"We are imprisoned by our concepts before we are imprisoned by our circumstances."

"Being is more fundamental than doing."

"The true self cannot be possessed."

"Personal truth is not universal truth."

"Guilt is evidence of conscience."

"What do we ask of life, and what does life ask of us?"

"The question of the permissibility of war is a philosophical question."

"Our relationship with nature determines our relationship with ourselves."

"Environmental consciousness is the highest form of human intelligence."

"Every species has intrinsic value beyond its usefulness to humans."

"The Earth does not need saving; it will survive. What needs saving is human civilization."

"The measure of a civilization is how it treats the natural world and those who depend on it most."

"The environmental crisis is fundamentally a crisis of values and priorities."

"The paradox of our age is that we have more knowledge about the Earth than ever, yet we continue to destroy it."

"Nature's wisdom has evolved over billions of years; we ignore it at our peril."

"We are one species on a planet of millions; humility is our greatest need."

"We are the stewards of creation, and stewardship demands responsibility, not domination."

"The person who is not able to live in society is either a god or a wild beast."

"Our current obsession with psychological problems is a sign of our cultural distress."

"Our conflicts represent the clash between our real self and idealized self."

"Psychoanalysis should help us adapt to society, but not conformity."

"Every neurosis is an attempt to solve a conflict."